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Navy Releases Full Video Footage of Russian Fighter Jets Buzzing US Warship in the Baltic
You can hear one sailor on the USS Donald Cook say "Oh my God!" as a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet makes extremely close passes by the destroyer.
Photos of Childhood in Europe's Poorest Nation
Asa Sjöström documents the resilience of childhood in the ex-Soviet nation.
Meet the Chef Teaching Estonians to Dine for Pleasure
Chef Tõnis Siigur of Tallinn’s celebrated NOA restaurant sees it as his job to help Estonian diners enjoy food as form of entertainment—a very un-Soviet concept for a country that left communism just 25 years ago.
Paranoia and Purges: The Dark and Dirty Battle for Power in Rebel-Held Ukraine
In exclusive interviews with commanders, VICE News reveals the extrajudicial killings and atmosphere of Soviet-style paranoia that have subsumed the rebel-held areas in Ukraine.
Corruption and Scandal: Crisis in Moldova (Dispatch 1)
VICE News went to the impoverished country of Moldova, where $1 billion mysteriously disappeared from the banking system last year, to speak to the people demanding the government step down.
The Time I Celebrated New Year's Over and Over Again with Right-Wing Communists on the Trans-Siberian Railway
What else are you going to do when it's New Year's Eve on the Trans-Siberian railway and your only fellow passengers are the friendly young activists from a bizarre political movement?
The Time I Celebrated New Year's Over and Over Again with Right-Wing Communists on the Trans-Siberian Railway
What else are you going to do when it's New Year's Eve on the Trans-Siberian railway and your only fellow passengers are the friendly young activists from a bizarre political movement?
This Journalist Spoke to Chechens Living in the Shadow of War
We spoke to French-English journalist Manon Loizeau, who recently went back to Chechnya years after the end of its devastating war to make a new documentary.
'Hard to Be a God' Is Director Aleksei German's Nihilistic Swansong
Words can't do justice to the repugnant milieu of German's adaptation of the Soviet sci-fi classic Hard to Be a God. It's filled with disease, blood, shit, and endless fighting, serving as a dark reflection of humanity's base proclivities.
GDR-Style Jägerschnitzel Recipe
Made with the limited ingredients available in the GDR, this Jägerschnitzel represents the style of East German food eaten pre-fall of the Berlin Wall.
A Polish Painter Combined Rural Landscapes with Giant Robots
The Polish artist sees his '1920+' series as a means to interest others in Polish history.
'We Can Change Things for the Better': The Fall of the Berlin Wall 25 Years Later
German leader Angela Merkel said the the Wall's destruction remains symbol of hope for Ukraine, Iraq, and other countries mired in conflict.