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Articles with tag "WWII"

Senior Russian Lawmaker Calls Trump ‘Weak’ Over WWII Comments

Trump claimed on Sunday that Allied powers were “not even close” to defeating Nazi Germany before the United States intervened in the conflict.
opinion Jade McGlynn

Letting the Dead March Again: How the Immortal Regiment Occupies the Present

It is time to reclaim the Immortal Regiment and replace it with rituals that serve memory and truth.
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In Photos: Russia Marks 80 Years Since Soviet WWII Victory With Grandiose Military Parade

Joined by over two dozen foreign leaders, President Vladimir Putin oversaw the parade of over 11,000 Russian soldiers and members of the security services...
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In Kazakhstan, Russia Looms Large Over World War II Commemorations

The 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II has brought up complicated questions about Russian influence and colonialism.
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Russian Officials Criticize Trump for ‘Exaggerating’ U.S. Role in WWII

Trump claimed that the United States contributed the most to the Allied victory against Nazi Germany, downplaying the roles of European countries.
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Putin Renames Volgograd Airport ‘Stalingrad’ to Honor WWII Battle

The symbolic move comes after years of public resistance to proposals by some officials to permanently restore the city’s Soviet-era name.
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Putin and Lukashenko Arrive in Volgograd for WWII Commemorations

The two leaders also held a meeting to discuss their countries’ strategic partnership, during which they agreed to build a joint aircraft plant.
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Putin Hails Soviet Army’s Role in Auschwitz Liberation on 80th Anniversary

“We will always remember that it was the Soviet soldier who crushed this terrible, total evil,” the Kremlin leader said.
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Putin Awards Payments to WWII Veterans Ahead of Soviet Victory Anniversary

“Our duty is to do our best to make the lives of those who saved our country worthwhile and prosperous,” the Kremlin leader said.
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St. Petersburg Bans Holocaust Memorial Event, Citing Covid-19 Restrictions

The annual event has traditionally taken place at the “Formula of Sorrow” monument, built in memory of Jews killed during the Nazi occupation.
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Russia Barred From 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

It was the third time since the invasion of Ukraine that the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum excluded Russia from commemoration events.
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Pro-Kremlin Cossacks Disrupt Event in Memory of Stalin Terror Victims

At least 6,000 gulag prisoners were buried in mass graves at what is now the Sandarmokh memorial in the republic of Karelia.
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Russia Moves to Investigate ‘Finnish Genocide of Soviet Peoples’

Investigators claim that over 7,000 prisoners died in concentration camps in the city of Petrozavodsk during the Finnish occupation.
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Biden Says Putin ‘Not Going to Stop at Ukraine'

"All of Europe will be threatened, we are not going to let that happen," Biden told journalists during his state visit to France.
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Russia’s Orenburg Holds WWII Victory Parade Rehearsals Amid Flood Crisis

As thousands of homes remained submerged underwater, city officials pressed on with rehearsals for Russia's showpiece patriotic holiday.
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Russia But Not Putin Invited To French D-Day Anniversary – Organizers

Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, was not invited due to Russia's "war of aggression" in Ukraine.
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Russian Blogger Gets 10 Months Correctional Labor for Statue Tickling Video

Alyona Agafonova was also banned from publicly posting information on the internet for the next two years.
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Russian Region to Build ‘Heroes of Donbas’ Memorial Atop WWII-Era Mass Grave – Reports

Procurement documents for the new memorial “don’t contain a single word indicating the existence of the burial site,” local media reported.
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Memorial to ‘Victims of Finnish Occupation’ Installed at Stalin-Era Mass Grave – Opposition Deputy

Sandarmokh, where at least 6,000 gulag prisoners were buried in mass graves, is officially designated as a “burial place of victims of political repressions...
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Russia Detains U.S.-Russian Citizen for 'Rehabilitating Nazism'

Yury Malev was accused of desecrating the St. George ribbon, a historical symbol of Russian and Soviet military successes, on social media.
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