Terrifying History on Instagram: "On September 3, 2022, Vladimir Putin attended the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital. The ceremony was notably subdued and private, reflecting the complicated relationship between the Russian president and the man widely credited with ending the Cold War. Putin’s attendance was brief and solemn, lasting only about 15 minutes. He placed red roses on Gorbachev’s coffin but did not deliver any pu

Curiosity Stream on Instagram: "What happens when you challenge the most powerful man in Russia? In 2003, Vladimir Putin sent a chilling message to the country's business elite. He had Mikhail Khodorkovsky, at the time Russia's richest man and a vocal critic, arrested and thrown in jail on charges of fraud and tax evasion. While officially a legal matter, the move was widely seen as politically motivated—a way to punish Khodorkovsky for his political ambitions and to seize control of his oil com