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Articles with tag "WWII"

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.

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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Russia Seeks Extradition of Ukrainian Nazi Veteran From Canada

Shoigu claimed Yaroslav Hunka had “direct participation” in the genocide of Poles and Jews in the Lviv region of Soviet Ukraine.
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Zelensky Says Russia Will Be Defeated 'As Nazism Was'

His address came on the anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender to Allied forces on May 8, 1945.
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In Photos: Moscow Preps for Victory Day Amid Security Concerns

Preparations in Russia for the Victory Day holiday are already underway as security concerns remain high due to the war.
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