Soviet propaganda was more than just posters of smiling workers and strong leaders, it was a psychological tool designed to grow a profound sense of paranoia. From anti-religious posters to haunting ...

Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand plan to divide Eastern ...

Russia’s use of propaganda did not begin in the digital age.

Deep inside the Chernobyl Zone, we found an abandoned Soviet-era spy facility built for the Cold War. The place is decaying, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scene from the film Tolerance, which predicts the ‘extinction of once-prosperous countries’ A state-backed Russian propaganda ...

A recent documentary examines the Russian military’s experiences in the war in Ukraine. Does that make it propaganda? The Ukraine War poses several ethical challenges for reporters and analysts. Among ...

The German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck has written an important book. In clear and engaging language and with great empathy for the Soviet people, it deliberately opposes the efforts to ...