- On this day in 1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dissolution_of_the_soviet_union 14 comments europe
- 25 years ago, on the night of December 25, at 7:32 p.m. Moscow time, after Gorbachev left the Kremlin, the Soviet flag was lowered for the last time, and the Russian tricolor was raised in its place, symbolically marking the end of the Soviet Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dissolution_of_the_soviet_union#the_fall:_august.e2.80.93december_1991 118 comments europe
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- America is more terrifying than Orwell's fiction | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2013/09/03/america_is_more_terrifying_than_orwells_fiction_partner/ 178 comments
- The Enemy-Industrial Complex | The Nation http://www.thenation.com/article/173824/enemy-industrial-complex 60 comments
- India, China, The West | Medium https://medium.com/@g.c.prasad/indians-dont-understand-history-fe1902e78e18 14 comments
- Putin, pe urmele lui Ceaușescu – DW – 22.09.2022 https://www.dw.com/ro/putin-pe-urmele-lui-ceau%C8%99escu-spotmediaro/a-63200128 12 comments
- Did Pepsi Have One of the World’s Largest Navies? No — But the Truth Is Mind-Boggling https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/did-pepsi-have-one-of-the-worlds-largest-navies-no-but-the-truth-is-mind-boggling 2 comments
- History is Repeating Itself and Why You Should Care - Sasank's Blog https://chsasank.github.io/history-repeats-itself-why-care.html 0 comments
- How to make $1bn from a single product in Nigeria | by Dr Ola Brown (Orekunrin) | Medium https://medium.com/@drola/how-to-make-1bn-from-a-single-product-in-nigeria-fbba8a705c9 0 comments