Communist countries fought a proxy war against each other in Africa
There’s an old saying that says no two true democracies have ever gone to war with each other – and let’s not pretend Russia is a true democracy. One might…
The 5 craziest rumors about North Korea from Kim Jong Un’s first decade
When North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il died on Dec. 17, 2011, it left a power vacuum at the top of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s leadership. Kim Jong-Un…
These 5 dictators had the worst ends to their reigns of terror
Dictatorships usually end one of two ways: a child takes the place of the elder dictator, or the people rise up and depose their tyrant after years of abuse. One…
5 Reasons King Jong-Un would be hard to replace in North Korea
For three weeks in May 2020, the world speculated about the fate of Kim Jong-Un, North Korea’s Supreme Leader. Many believed he was dead, some say of either complications during surgery or of a heart attack.
None of the rumors were true, ho…
The Death Of Stalin: Unique propaganda footage shows dictator’s funeral
Largely unseen footage of the funeral and official mourning following the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin is featured in a new documentary, State Funeral, by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa. It’s being shown on Current Time, the Russian-lang…
Meet North Korea’s most powerful woman, Kim Yo Jong: Kim Jong Un’s 30-something sister who could lead the country if something happens to him
As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sought to raise his international standing, a figure seen by his side almost constantly during his meetings with world leaders is none other than his younger sister Kim Yo Jong.
Those frequent appearances…
Check out these ridiculous photos of Kim Jong Un riding a white horse
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had a photoshoot on a white horse on Mt. Paektu, a symbolically important location for his family and for North Korea.
Kim Jong Un has had similar trips and photo shoots before; during one such trip, North Kore…
Trevor Noah, John Oliver dive into missing leader’s ‘silly-dictator antics’
Before his sudden reemergence at the Caspian Economic Forum, speculation had recently been swirling in Turkmenistan after the country’s strongman president disappeared from public view for more than a month.
Considering that Gurbanguly Berdym…
That time dead communist revolutionaries showed up at a Soviet seance
“Is Stalin a man of genius, or not?”
The reply that came during a seance, according to a defendant’s testimony given at a Kyiv court on March 10, 1948, was that the Soviet dictator was no such thing.
Coming at a time when Josef Stalin…
Russian company to launch Stalin inspired sausages
A meat-processing factory in the town of Shelanger in Russia’s Mari El Republic says it will soon start producing sausages named after Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
Local communist newspaper Golos Pravdy (Voice of the Truth) said on June 3, 2…