Ekranoplans—massive Soviet machines combining elements of ships and planes—were built to be the ultimate coastal transport and military asset. This video explores how they could glide over the water at high speeds but struggled with stability,

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

Tech baron Elon Musk backed calls for the US to withdraw from both NATO and the United Nations after months of occasionally badmouthing both international organizations.

A former KGB officer claims Donald Trump was recruited by Soviet intelligence in 1987 under the codename "Krasnov." He alleges Trump's KGB file was later removed and is now privately controlled by a Putin associate.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for the competition for Cold War supremacy,

At the time, Trump, then a rising star in the New York property market, travelled to the Soviet Union to explore the possibility of building a hotel in the capital. Soviet officials reportedly facilitated the trip, raising questions among intelligence ...

A submarine base in Balaklava was once a Soviet secret, then it reopened as a tourist museum. Now, observers claim the base is being revived once more for warfighting Russian vessels.

45 years ago, it was a miracle on ice. The United States beat the Soviet Union in the medal round. The Soviets were highly favored in the game, going in as four-time defending gold medalists with ...

A televised 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the "Match of the Century."