The following is an abridged version of a speech Niall Ferguson delivered at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, in Washington, D.C., last Thursday. Earlier this marked the centenary of the ...

When the Bolsheviks in Petrograd conquered political power, many of our friends had celebrated them. That was very understandable in view of the vigour with which they now acted in the realisation of ...

At the end of Leon Avenue, in the capital of Abkhazia – a city which because of the violent politics of the 20 th century is variously called Sukhum, Sukhumi or Sokhumi – stands the elegant white ...

A Russian woman holding a portrait of Lenin during the traditional communist demonstration in downtown Moscow today (epa) November 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- For the best part of the 20th century, Russians ...