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Thailand faces minimal risk from falling Soviet-era spacecraft

Thailand faces minimal risk from falling Soviet-era spacecraft

Thailand faces a minimal risk—estimated at just 0.001%—of being affected by debris from the Soviet-era Cosmos 482 spacecraft, which is expected to fall to Earth on Saturday.

Putin says no Iron Curtain will close off Russia's economy

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that no Iron Curtain would fall over the Russian economy, despite the sanctions imposed by the West, because Moscow would not close itself off from the world as the Soviet Union did.

A ringside view of the passing of the Soviet Era and the return of Russia

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I HAVE OFTEN been asked when and how long my posting in Moscow was. My usual answer is about three years, from 1991 to early 1994 with a qualified clarification: one year of Gorbachev and two years of Yeltsin.

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