Thirty years ago, the physical personification of the oppression of the Soviet Union that was the concrete wall separating East and West Berlin fell. The Berlin Wall had divided families, a city, a country, and the world. It had stood between freedom in the West and captivity in the East. On November 9, 1989, the Soviet…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Leo Timm, Epoch Times All throughout 1917, the toils of war and cascading revolutionary activity overturned the Russian Czarist government and established the left-leaning but democratically principled Provisional Government. The new authorities made preparations to hold elections. For the many political philosophies and groups then existing in Russian intelligentsia,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Justin Stamm, Epoch Times “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” These are the words of Mahatma Gandhi. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” These are the words of Martin Luther King…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Examining the Isolated State’s Communist Roots By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times Brandishing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, North Korea has topped news headlines for the last decade as it has menaced its more prosperous neighbors. Unlike the Soviet Union, which collapsed and split into over a dozen non-communist nations, or China,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times This year marks the 100th anniversary of Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution, which created the first communist state—so it’s time to think of the whales. In just a few decades, tens of thousands of whales were slaughtered by the Soviet Union in what the Pacific Standard Magazine, called “one…
by Saagar Enjeti Russian President Vladimir Putin is celebrating big wins by his party in recent parliamentary elections by placing all Russian security agencies under a next generation KGB prototype. The new agency will reportedly be called the “MGB.” The MGB will consolidate both domestic and foreign intelligence operations under the same roof, along with law…
Just a few days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law that would severely restrict the religious freedom of Russia’s citizens. Beginning July 20th of this year, no religious proselytizing can occur in Russian expect with a license; and then, only within the four walls of a government-recognized church building. The legislation…