Curated playlist
Russia–United States relations
- AlaskaIn 1867, the United States bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Critics dismissed it as Seward's Folly.
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States electionsRussian interference in the 2016 United States elections drew an unusual admission from Vladimir Putin himself. Asked whether he had wanted Donald Trump to win, Putin answered: "Yes, I did. Yes, I did. Because he talked about bringing the…
- START IISTART II was signed in 1993 but declared dead without ever taking effect. It aimed to ban missiles with many warheads.
- New STARTNew START's end leaves the US and Russia with no binding nuclear limits for the first time since the early 1970s.
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces TreatyReagan and Gorbachev signed a 1987 treaty to destroy a whole class of nuclear missiles.
- Jackson–Vanik amendmentThe Jackson-Vanik amendment tied U.S. trade privileges to whether a country let its citizens leave.
- Elbe DayElbe Day began when four American soldiers paddled a small boat across a river in Germany.
- Russia–United States relationsIn 1994, Boris Yeltsin told Bill Clinton that Russia should join NATO first.
- Second Cold WarIn May 1998, George Kennan warned that expanding NATO was "the beginning of a new cold war".
- International Space StationPeople have lived aboard the International Space Station without a break since 2 November 2000.
- Russian undesirable organizations lawRussia's 2015 law lets prosecutors ban foreign groups, and working with one can mean prison.