The World from PRX

Leonid Brezhnev

A worker removes snow in Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral and the mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in the background.
Culture
Recalling a final New Year’s Eve with Brezhnev
A US cartoon from 1877, showing Russia as an octopus spreading its tentacles over Europe and south-west Asia. In that year, Russia went to war to ‘save’ Orthodox Christian rebels in the Ottoman Empire.
Conflict
Moscow has a long history of making interesting excuses for its military interventions
Global Politics
Secret Nixon Tapes Show President’s Views on China, Brezhnev, and… Pele?
What We Can Learn from the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Global Politics
Soviet Era Dark Humor Makes a Comeback