August has long carried an ominous reputation in Russian history — often dubbed the “August curse.” From the failed coup of 1991 and the 1998 financial default, to the Kursk submarine disaster in 2000 and the war in...
12.05.2026
August has long carried an ominous reputation in Russian history — often dubbed the “August curse.” From the failed coup of 1991 and the 1998 financial default, to the Kursk submarine disaster in 2000 and the war in...
Ilian Vassilev