Soviet-era

A Soviet-era passenger jet carrying a professional hockey team crashed on takeoff from an airport in western Russia, killing as many as 43 people, officials said.

Plane Crash in Russia 2011

Russia privatized huge swathes of its state assets in the 1990s in an effort to transform its crumbling Soviet-era planned economy.

Putin Seeks Payments From Those Who Made Fortunes in '90s Ira Iosebashvili 2012

Mr. Abramovich had obtained the backing of Soviet-era managers of the oil companies being combined into Sibneft.

Russian Tycoons Face Off in Court Guy Chazan 2011

A Soviet-era plane carrying members of a Russian pro hockey team crashed on takeoff, killing 43 people.

What's News: World-Wide 2011

A Soviet-era mathematician who had built up a large auto dealership, a man 20 years older than Mr. Abramovich, he was friendly with members of then-President Boris Yeltsin's family.

Russian Tycoons Face Off in Court Guy Chazan 2011

The rules will also require Soviet-era airliners to have modern safety equipment that has long been required in the West.

Medvedev Orders Aviation Overhaul Gregory L. White 2011

Like Soviet-era jokes whose very absurdity brought home the truth about the system, the power of Ms. Liu's photographs lies in their ability to elicit, even involuntarily, an act of subversion by anyone with the simple wit to recognize what they are about.

Who Will Tell the Truth About China? Bret Stephens 2012

Turkmenistan has long been hostage to a Soviet-era pipeline infrastructure, which ensured all gas pipelines pointed toward Moscow.

Central Asia's Energy Bazaar Jeff M. Smith 2011

But accidents have increased over the past two years, renewing concerns about Russian carriers, particularly smaller operators that still use Soviet-era planes.

Medvedev Orders Aviation Overhaul Gregory L. White 2011

Brett Neely comments on the Soviet-era tactics employed by the authorities.

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