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Articles with tag "WW2"

legislating memory

Putin Seeks to Ban Nazi-Soviet Comparisons

The amendments would ban “publicly equating the role of the U.S.S.R. and Nazi Germany” in World War II.
'Historical Excursion'

Russia Probes Circus Over Monkey, Goats in Nazi Garb

The circus and the local Orthodox Church claimed that the performance hadn't violated Russia's law banning the use of Nazi symbols.
DIGGING UP THE PAST

Russia Summons Veterans to Help Drive Its New Nazi War Crime Investigations

Research is extending beyond the archives in probes observers say reflect a newfound interest in World War II and how the world remembers it.
politics of memory

Russia Builds Replica WWII Prison Camp for Kids

The replica of a Finnish transfer camp was funded by a presidential grant for children’s patriotic education.
complicated legacy

Russian Communist Unveils Stalin Statue on WWII Anniversary

Local authorities say the 3-meter monument is illegal.
clash of narratives

Russia Peddles Putin’s WWII Essay to German Historians – DW

The historians accuse the Russian Embassy in Berlin of “unacceptable” attempts to influence academic freedom.
victory day

Russia Stages Grand WWII Parade Ahead of Vote on Putin Reforms

The display aimed to stir up patriotic fervor ahead of a vote to reset Putin's presidential term-limit clock.
wwii remembrance

Putin Hails Russian War Dead at Giant New Army Cathedral

The ceremony marked the 79th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
UNRELENTING CRISIS

Coronavirus Is Just Getting Started in Some Russian Regions. Their WWII Parades Are Going Ahead.

Meanwhile, 20 cities have canceled or delayed the June 24 parades because of the pandemic.
WWII retrospective

In Photos: Soviet Wartime Memories

Archive photos capture the Soviet Union's World War II experience on the 75th anniversary of its victory.
revising history

Russian City Removes Plaques Memorializing Polish POWs Massacred By Stalin

Poland responded to the removal by accusing Russia of “following in the footsteps ... of Soviet Stalinist totalitarianism.”
Korean cooperation

Putin Hands World War II Medal to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Kim was awarded “for his great personal contribution to the commemoration of dead and buried Soviet citizens.”
seeking justice

Russian Investigators Probe Wartime Nazi Massacres

The investigation was opened following findings in historical archives about killings in several locations in southern Russia.
Remembering the fallen

Russian TV Airs 13M Names of Soviet WWII Casualties Ahead of 75th Victory Day

It will take 76 days to air all 12.6 million names.
delayed justice

Russia Asks Canada to Hand Over Files on Ex-Nazi Death Squad Member

He has said he was forced to join one of the Nazis' mobile killing squads at the age of 17 and did not take part in any atrocities.
historical legacy

Putin Keeps Stalin’s Crimes Under Wraps in WWII Battle With West

His defense of Stalin and the Soviet record threatens to undermine Russian efforts to ease tensions with the West.
historical imbalance

Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Apologizes for ‘Pro-Russian’ Commemoration

Critics accused the memorial's Holocaust forum of showing video clips that portrayed the Soviet Union as nearly the only victor over Nazi Germany.
WW2

Russians Mourn 500,000 Buried in Mass Grave After Siege of Leningrad

On the 76th anniversary of the Siege of Leningrad, Russians honored those who perished.
opinion Leonid Bershidsky

Putin’s Latest Obsession: A New World War II Narrative

Russia’s global power is still based on some important spoils of World War II. 
Echoes of WWII

Putin Calls Former Polish Ambassador ‘Anti-Semitic Pig’

Putin said the envoy planned to install a Hitler monument in Warsaw.
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