russia Look how cool these old Soviet calendars are Mark Frauenfelder

documentaries Short documentary about Kharkovchanka, huge Antarctic off-road vehicles made by the Soviets Rob Beschizza

Comics Fluorescent blacklight comic book Rob Beschizza

russia Russian soldier proposes with 16 tanks in the shape of a heart on Valentine's Day Thom Dunn

dolphins There's a non-zero possibility that Iran has a fleet of Communist assassin dolphins Thom Dunn

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

Barbie Barbie and Ken re-imagined as Soviet citizens living in Cold War USSR Gareth Branwyn

nsa Ingenious Cold War keylogger the Russians used to bug Selectric typewriters in the US embassy David Pescovitz

animals Some idiot painted graffiti on a Russian polar bear and now the animal likely won't survive David Pescovitz

television The time Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial David Pescovitz

politics Putin: Russia hopes Trump will visit Moscow for Victory Day ('May Day') Xeni Jardin

art Splendid Soviet painting of classroom computers is yours for $2500 Rob Beschizza

politics Trump may attend Russia Victory Day in May with Putin at Kremlin in Moscow Xeni Jardin

politics Trump says something stupid: 'They shouldn’t be having public hearings' Xeni Jardin

security My review of Sandworm: an essential guide to the new, reckless world of "cyberwarfare" Cory Doctorow

politics How much legal trouble is Rudy Giuliani in right now? Xeni Jardin

music Beautiful electronic easy listening music from the USSR (1960) David Pescovitz

nuclear war The story of Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet missile commander whose disobedience averted nuclear war Cory Doctorow

Art and Design Upcoming exhibition by Latvian artist Jana Brike Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism Ukrainian oligarchs accused of laundering $470b, buying up much of Cleveland Cory Doctorow