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Russia–United States relations
- AlaskaIn 2013, archaeologist Ben Potter unearthed the remains of a six-week-old infant at the Upward Sun River site in the Tanana Valley.
- G20The year was 1997 when the first tremor of a global financial crisis struck Mexico. The peso collapsed, sending shockwaves through emerging markets across…
- START IIGeorge H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin met in Moscow on the 3rd of January 1993 to sign a historic agreement. This event marked the official start of the START…
- New STARTOn the 8th of April 2010, Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev met in Prague to sign a new nuclear arms reduction treaty. The document carried the formal name…
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces TreatyIn March 1976, the Soviet Union deployed its first RSD-10 Pioneer missile system in European territories. Western analysts called this weapon the SS-20 Saber.
- G8A 1975 summit hosted by France brought together representatives of six governments: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- Jackson–Vanik amendmentSenator Henry Jackson of Washington drafted the amendment in mid-1972. He introduced it to the 92nd Congress on the 4th of October 1972.
- Elbe DayAt 11:30am on the 25th of April 1945, a small boat cut through the muddy waters of the River Elbe. Inside sat First Lieutenant Albert Kotzebue and three men…
- Russia–United States relationsOfficial contacts between the Russian Empire and the new United States began in 1776. Russia remained formally neutral during the American Revolution, which…
- Second Cold WarThe phrase new Cold War first appeared in 1955 when US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles used it to describe rising tensions.
- International Space StationThe first module of the International Space Station, named Zarya, lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on the 20th of November 1998 atop a Proton rocket.
- Russian undesirable organizations lawPresident Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law N 129-FZ on the 23rd of May 2015. This legislation followed earlier measures like the 2012 Russian foreign agent…