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India Bids Farewell to its Iconic MiG-21 Fighter Jet
After six decades of service, India's MiG-21 fighter jet, known for its role in wars and high crash rate, is being retired, marking the end of an era in Indian Air Force history.
India Bids Farewell to its Iconic MiG-21 Fighter Jet
After six decades of service, India's MiG-21 fighter jet, known for its role in wars and high crash rate, is being retired, marking the end of an era in Indian Air Force history.
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24% Bias Score
Spanish Nationality Claim Based on Republican Exile
Iván Anzaldua González, a 48-year-old engineer from Missouri, seeks Spanish nationality, citing his bisabuelo's (José Manuel Álvarez González) exile to the USSR in 1932 and subsequent denial of Spanish citizenship to his family.
Spanish Nationality Claim Based on Republican Exile
Iván Anzaldua González, a 48-year-old engineer from Missouri, seeks Spanish nationality, citing his bisabuelo's (José Manuel Álvarez González) exile to the USSR in 1932 and subsequent denial of Spanish citizenship to his family.
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32% Bias Score
Soviet Invasion Crushes Prague Spring
The Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 violently ended the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization under Alexander Dubček, demonstrating the limits of reform within a totalitarian system and the USSR's commitment to the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Soviet Invasion Crushes Prague Spring
The Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 violently ended the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization under Alexander Dubček, demonstrating the limits of reform within a totalitarian system and the USSR's commitment to the Brezhnev Doctrine.
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56% Bias Score
U-2 Spy Plane Incident: Powers Sentenced to 10 Years
On August 19, 1960, American pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in Moscow for his May 1st U-2 spy plane mission over the Soviet Union, triggering a major Cold War crisis that damaged US-Soviet relations and ended a planned summit.
U-2 Spy Plane Incident: Powers Sentenced to 10 Years
On August 19, 1960, American pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in Moscow for his May 1st U-2 spy plane mission over the Soviet Union, triggering a major Cold War crisis that damaged US-Soviet relations and ended a planned summit.
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44% Bias Score
Soviet Union's Pivotal Role in Korea's 1945 Liberation
Soviet forces, primarily the 25th Army's 393rd Division and Pacific Fleet, liberated Korea in August 1945, beginning a month before the arrival of US troops, despite facing Japanese resistance and US-laid mines, resulting in significant Soviet casualties but securing key ports.
Soviet Union's Pivotal Role in Korea's 1945 Liberation
Soviet forces, primarily the 25th Army's 393rd Division and Pacific Fleet, liberated Korea in August 1945, beginning a month before the arrival of US troops, despite facing Japanese resistance and US-laid mines, resulting in significant Soviet casualties but securing key ports.
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52% Bias Score
Stalinist Purge: 13 Jewish Intellectuals Executed in Moscow
On August 12, 1952, thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals, members of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, were executed in Moscow by the MGB after secret trials based on fabricated charges of treason and espionage, marking a devastating blow to Soviet Jewish cultural life.
Stalinist Purge: 13 Jewish Intellectuals Executed in Moscow
On August 12, 1952, thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals, members of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, were executed in Moscow by the MGB after secret trials based on fabricated charges of treason and espionage, marking a devastating blow to Soviet Jewish cultural life.
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28% Bias Score
Authoritarian Regimes' Suppression of Science: A Century of Lost Progress
The Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and Maoist China's suppression of science resulted in a century of lost research, impacting global progress in various fields, and highlighting the vulnerability of scientific advancement to political ideologies.
Authoritarian Regimes' Suppression of Science: A Century of Lost Progress
The Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and Maoist China's suppression of science resulted in a century of lost research, impacting global progress in various fields, and highlighting the vulnerability of scientific advancement to political ideologies.
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56% Bias Score
Aliyev's Historical Revisionism Fuels Geopolitical Tensions
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev recently described the 1920 Soviet entry into Azerbaijan as an "invasion and occupation," connecting this historical narrative to current conflicts with Armenia and Russia while signaling support for Ukraine and seeking to engage Turkey in a more active role.
Aliyev's Historical Revisionism Fuels Geopolitical Tensions
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev recently described the 1920 Soviet entry into Azerbaijan as an "invasion and occupation," connecting this historical narrative to current conflicts with Armenia and Russia while signaling support for Ukraine and seeking to engage Turkey in a more active role.
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64% Bias Score
KGB's Secret Cold War Plot to Attack UK with Radioactive Waste Revealed
In 1971, KGB defector Oleg Lyalin revealed a Cold War plot to contaminate Scotland's Holy Loch with radioactive waste to damage UK-US relations, exploiting anti-nuclear protests; this led to the expulsion of 105 Soviet spies.
KGB's Secret Cold War Plot to Attack UK with Radioactive Waste Revealed
In 1971, KGB defector Oleg Lyalin revealed a Cold War plot to contaminate Scotland's Holy Loch with radioactive waste to damage UK-US relations, exploiting anti-nuclear protests; this led to the expulsion of 105 Soviet spies.
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64% Bias Score
Animal Farm: Wartime Censorship and the Orwells' Collaborative Masterpiece
During World War II's harsh winter of 1943-44, George Orwell, with the significant collaboration of his wife Eileen, wrote Animal Farm in a cold London flat; its publication was delayed until August 1945 due to wartime censorship and pro-Soviet sentiment, yet it has since sold over 11 million copies...
Animal Farm: Wartime Censorship and the Orwells' Collaborative Masterpiece
During World War II's harsh winter of 1943-44, George Orwell, with the significant collaboration of his wife Eileen, wrote Animal Farm in a cold London flat; its publication was delayed until August 1945 due to wartime censorship and pro-Soviet sentiment, yet it has since sold over 11 million copies...
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40% Bias Score
Death of Veteran Russian Diplomat Anatoly Adamishin
Former Russian Ambassador Anatoly Adamishin, who served for 40 years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and played a key role in shaping Russia-Italy relations, died on August 13th, 2024.
Death of Veteran Russian Diplomat Anatoly Adamishin
Former Russian Ambassador Anatoly Adamishin, who served for 40 years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and played a key role in shaping Russia-Italy relations, died on August 13th, 2024.
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28% Bias Score
Restoration of WWII Veteran's Grave Highlights Unique Family Tank Crew
The grave of Polina Korneichuk, a Soviet WWII radio operator who served alongside her husband in a tank crew, is being restored in Barnaul, Russia, as part of the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland, highlighting their bravery and unique contribution to the war effort.
Restoration of WWII Veteran's Grave Highlights Unique Family Tank Crew
The grave of Polina Korneichuk, a Soviet WWII radio operator who served alongside her husband in a tank crew, is being restored in Barnaul, Russia, as part of the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland, highlighting their bravery and unique contribution to the war effort.
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12% Bias Score
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