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Elderly woman sits at the window in her communal apartment in Russia

Stalin’s dream of communal life is dying a slow death in Russia

Gabriel Gavin | Russia

Russian kommunalkas or communal apartments have been passed down through families or given to workers for years, now their inhabitants face eviction.

My brother the spy – three tales of fraternal treason in The Cold War

John Freeman | History

Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt all became Soviet spies in The Cold War, betraying their country and their families.

Look at the evidence – Michael Foot was no KGB agent

Christopher Smith | Weekend

According to The Times the late Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, was a Soviet “confidential contact” on the payroll of the