Serhiy Stelmakh adds that former Soviet republics are also writing their own histories, to the dismay of many in Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Analysts say that terrorism has been a major concern in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The tensions with former Soviet satellite states has saddened Soviet veterans, including Yakov Vinnichenko, who told Russia Today television he was involved in liberating concentration camps.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Both sides are also reported resolving a disagreement over India's purchase of the Admiral Gorshkov, Russia's Soviet-era aircraft carrier, whose modernization has run into serious delays and cost overruns.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The aircraft crashed while the 60-year old President Kaczynski was on his way to memorial ceremonies at Russia's Katyn area, where 22,000 Poles were killed by Soviet forces,70 years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.10

The 58-year-old Ghimpu and his pro-Western coalition, dubbed the 'Alliance for European Integration', seek closer ties with the European Union and want to take the former Soviet republic out of Russia's sphere of influence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Zbigniew Lewicki, a specialist in American studies at the University of Warsaw, told the Polish Radio External Service that there is also concern about Russia's perceived attempts to increase its influence in former Soviet satellite states, including Poland.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

(Speaking in Russian) Stelmakh says a look at school text books being published in Ukraine,the Baltics, and in other post-Soviet republics shows them to be attempts to distance those countries from Russia -- especially with regard to courses in national history.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25