BORIS YELTSIN DEAD AT 76 IN MOSCOW

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile has finally won its decadelong battle for survival.

OXFORD, England, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- As the economic model promoted by Viktor Yushchenko and his Western sponsors wallows in depression, Ukrainians may ask whether the Orange Revolution marked the rebirth of their country or the last gasp of ideologically driven politicians. After all, for seven decades Kiev's political class followed the Kremlin's lead blindly. Under Yushchenko it was the White House that laid down the ideological path for Kiev to follow. The coming months will decide whether Ukrainians will finally break the shackles imposed by dogmatic models -- communist before 1991 and so-called capitalist since 2004.

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MOSCOW, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The lower house of the Russian parliament rejected a proposal Friday to honor those killed in a struggle for state control 15 years ago, officials say.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Israel’s below-the-radar military relationship with Georgia led President Saakashvili to think of his country as the Israel of the Caucasus. This contributed to Vladimir Putin’s decision to punish Georgia and strip it of its two breakaway provinces.