Russian leader's actions in Ukraine leave officials wondering whether he comprehends or cares about cataclysmic consequences

Both Ramallah and Gaza have stayed mostly quiet on the Russian invasion; PA and Hamas have long had ties to Russia and little interest in losing Moscow's support

Political experts argue to this day whether the last Soviet leader could have held onto his position and saved the USSR

On 80th anniversary of Nazi massacre of 34,000 in Kyiv, US secretary of state recounts how Samuel Pisar initiated a visit to the site during a dialogue meeting with Soviets in 1971

Known as 'Guardian Angel' for humanitarian work on behalf of Zionist prisoners held in Soviet Union, Nudel moved to Israel after receiving the exit visa she spent years pursuing

Alla Shapiro's new memoir, 'Doctor on Call,' traces her journey from the wake of nuclear chaos in Ukraine to a career in the US developing radiation countermeasures for FDA

Australian activist credited with being among the first to raise onto the world stage the plight of Jews unable to leave the Soviet Union; he made aliya in 1999

Anatoliy Daron, who recently died in US at 94, fled two Nazi massacres, lost his job in the Doctors' Plot, then, while living in a cramped shared flat, invented Sputnik's engine

Vil Mirzayanov, an ex-Soviet chemist who now lives in the US, was the first to reveal nerve agent in the early 1990s; he says he's sorry he 'took part in this criminal business'

Community leaders say Jewish population became the ethnic group most persecuted by the Soviet occupiers during 'enslavement' of country