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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Berlin on the Brink’

By Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Times

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (AP Photo)

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman charged with breach of trust

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

Russian opera diva Vishnevskaya dies at 86

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Communist Party supporters gather near a monument to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin to commemorate the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg on Nov. 7. Mr. Putin abolished the national holiday in 2005, but the Russian president once called the Soviet Union’s breakup the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 1900s. (Associated Press)

Socialism may be waning, but not for young Russians

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Iron Curtain’

By Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** The Rev. Sun Myung Moon hugs North Korean President Kim Il Sung. (Courtesy of H.S.A.-U.W.C.)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon motivated to bring end to communism

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Associated Press)

For Russians, August is the cruelest month

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

Nixon by The Washington Times

TYRRELL: Taking the measure of Lyndon Johnson

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration American Missiles by John Camejo for The Washington Times

JOSEPH: Obama chooses vulnerability

By Robert Joseph

Poland vs Russia soccer game evokes national pride

By MIKE CORDER and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan's ambassador to the U.S., said he is familiar with Russian propaganda. "What you have here is a very strong virtual effort to produce a narrative designed to provide Armenia with an excuse to invite Russian forces into the conflict to carry out an anti-terrorism operation against Azerbaijan," he said. (The Washington Times)

International song contest shines light on changing Azerbaijan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Sukhoi Superjet-100 is displayed outside the aviation factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, about 6200 kilometers (3,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia's, in this Sept. 26. 2007, file photo. An official says air controllers have lost contact with the Russian-made plane similar to this one shown May 9, 2012, carrying 46 people in western Indonesia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Ruslan Krivobok, File)

Russian plane with 50 aboard missing in Indonesia

By Ali Kotarumalos - Associated Press

A weeping relative is comforted at the Jakarta, Indonesia, airport as she waits for the news on the Russian airplane that dropped off radar Wednesday afternoon. (Associated Press)

Russian airliner goes missing on demonstration flight

By Ali Kotarumalos - Associated Press

The black figure running is a common theme in paintings by Alexander Zhdanov. Mr. Krause said the man may be trying to flee communism, just at Zhdanov fled Russia. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Art behind the Iron Curtain

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

Soviet hockey great Valeri Vasilyev dies at 62

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘It Was a Long Time Ago, And It Never Happened Anyway’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

CARMEN: Newt Gingrich betrayed Ronald Reagan

By Ambassador Gerald P. Carmen - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Eight Pieces of Empire’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

Doomsday Clock set ahead one minute

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

In anticipation of a new six-year term as president, Vladimir Putin has made forming a Eurasian Union by 2015 a foreign policy priority. (Associated Press)

Putin seeks power in trade

By Peter Leonard