Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked to find a sister city in Russia when he was a mayor in the 1980s. Moscow saw a chance for propaganda.
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Excerpts from the Sanders Files in a Russian Archive
Here are five excerpts from an 89-page Soviet-era file that tracked the efforts made by Bernie Sanders in the 1980s to find a sister city in Russia for Burlington, Vt.
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Dies at 100; U.N. Chief Brokered Peace Pacts
A cultured diplomat from Peru, Mr. Pérez de Cuéllar was a reluctant compromise choice for secretary general but proved remarkably successful in the war-torn 1980s and ‘90s.
Russia Gets Its Disneyland, a Cold War Dream Come True
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Jean Daniel, Leading French Journalist and Humanist, Dies at 99
In France, where news and opinion are blurred, Mr. Daniel, a self-described non-Communist leftist, used journalism as a means of advocacy.
Fourth Spy Unearthed in U.S. Atomic Bomb Project
His Soviet code name was Godsend, and he came to Los Alamos from a family of secret agents.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall in Photos: An Accident of History That Changed The World
The Communist regime was prepared for everything “except candles and prayers.” East Germany’s peaceful 1989 revolution showed that societies that don’t reform, die.
President Reagan Returns to Berlin, This Time in Bronze
After a decade of lobbying to place a statue of Ronald Reagan in Berlin, the Gipper was given a place beside the Brandenburg Gate, atop the U.S. Embassy.
In One Afghan District, the Same Promises of Victory, 32 Years Apart
A Times reporter visits Baghlan Province, where, three decades ago, a Russian journalist documented the same assurances of peace offered to local residents by foreign commanders.
Sigmund Jähn, First German in Space and a Hero Back Home, Dies at 82
He spent almost eight days aboard a space station in 1978 and was hailed by East Germans as a symbol of socialist achievement.