Moscow has reprised Cold War tactics against the United States. It’s worth remembering that they didn’t work out well for the Soviet Union last time.

Russian forces have been repeatedly spotted using outdated tank rounds, including the 3BM42 "Mango" shell from the Cold War era. This episode breaks down why newer ammunition isn't being deployed, ...

3 Firefighters dwarfed by a blaze on the coast of Russia's oil-rich Caspian Sea in 1980. 4 A shepherd girl grazing sheep in the Altai mountains in 1980. 5 Disco came late to the U.S.S.R.

As the Soviet system disintegrated, the Russian president was a young KGB agent serving in an isolated part of East Germany. Here's how the experience would shape him -- and his country.

Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s.

Filming a portal to 1980s Russia. by Andrew Murray, producer. Though Svalbard belongs to Norway today, in the past, many nations vied for its rich mineral wealth.

Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s.

Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s.