Church bells tolled, candles flickered under falling snow and national flags, adorned with black ribbons, flew in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Saturday as the country marked the anniversary of the start of a Soviet-era famine that killed millions. ...more

November 23, 2008

After reading Frances Earl's recent column this past Thursday, I have come to the conclusion that she likes to make things up. Things like: Republicans coming out in droves for Sen. Barack Obama. Well, the only Republicans I know who are backing Obama are the spineless Washington insiders who are more interested in being invited to Washington parties and being liked by the media. I am talking about the so-called: "Blue Blood Republicans" or moderate Republicans. But the true conservative Republicans would in no way vote for someone like Obama whose new age socialism would truly put this country into debt if all of his programs were in put into play. ...more

November 5, 2008

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Alexander Solzhenitsyn "one of the greatest thinkers, writers and humanists." ...more

August 6, 2008

Nobel laureate Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, the reclusive icon of the Russian intelligentsia and chronicler of Communist repression, died Sunday. He was 89. ...more

August 4, 2008

It's an iconic image of World War II: Berlin has fallen and Soviet soldiers are hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag. ...more

June 20, 2008

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday urged the creation of a national museum and memorial to honor victims of Soviet-era repression and to document their demise. ...more

June 5, 2008

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told about a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, a Kremlin spokeswoman said Sunday. ...more

October 15, 2007