The legacy of the Soviet Union's collapse plays a greater role in the foreign policies of Georgia and Ukraine than previous ...

The Chinese government says it respects the sovereignty of former Soviet Union republics after Beijing's ambassador to France caused an uproar in Europe by saying they aren't sovereign nations.

Going into the Oct. 1 vice presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) seemed to have something of a lead on his Republican ...

They did it without asking the other republics, and against the wishes of the USSR's overall President Mikhail Gorbachev. By the end of the year Gorbachev had resigned and the Soviet Union was no ...

But China’s leader, Xi Jinping, worries about how long-lived his party’s rule will be. Amid the festivities, state media have ...

China's 75th anniversary of Communist rule was marked quietly amid fears of a Soviet-style collapse. President Xi Jinping ...

(CNN) --The following are key events in the Republic of Georgia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991: 1991-- Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union. Former dissident ...

The People’s Republic of China celebrated its 75th anniversary on Tuesday, October 1. The anniversary is both political spectacle and the advent of a week-long holiday marked by decidedly apolitical ...

In a large-scale operation to influence the upcoming presidential election in Moldova, pro-Russian forces are said to have ...

The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 and collapsed in 1991, after which its constituent republics — which included Ukraine and the Baltic countries, among others — became independent states.

Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the state was made up of 15 republics – including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...