Speaking at Davos, Radoslaw Sikorski said Putin was overspending on the military and bankrupting Russia. "He was very insistent that this mistake should not be repeated. And he's doing exactly that," ...

Because of my work, I am obliged to read closely, watch attentively and listen carefully whenever Russian politicians and ...

In Russia, the tradition of making fun of Soviet economic planning is almost as old as attempts to improve the economic system. “What would happen if socialism were built in the Sahara?” an old joke ...

The published figures of the new Soviet Five Year Plan attracted wide attention in the world press. This is understandable. Implementation of the plan will result in an increase in Soviet economic and ...

Next December will mark the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. On December 25, in a nationally televised speech USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and declared his office ...

With economic sanctions unfolding against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, it’s useful to recall one of the climactic moments near the end of the Cold War — the dramatic weekend summit between ...

Most articles on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev dwell on the political failure of his reform project. The Russian Federation, the main successor state to the Soviet Union, has not, to say the least, ...

Lessons for today from the collapse of the Soviet Union. By Chris Miller Mr. Miller is an economic historian. Businesses shuttered. Millions of workers laid off. Trade disrupted. Supply chains cut.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is copying Soviet-era approaches that bankrupted the USSR and that he used to criticize, according to Poland's foreign minister. Speaking on a panel at the World ...