Showing posts with label Soviet Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soviet Union. Show all posts

Thursday, February 2, 2023

80th anniversary: Putin lays wreath in memory of Stalingrad defenders - video

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited the memorial complex on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd as part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Russia pays off balance of Soviet Union's foreign debt.

Moscow
Moscow made the final payment on the remaining foreign debt inherited from the Soviet Union. Russia took on the debt after the other former Soviet republics refused to pay.