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Soviet WWII poster 01.09.2009, 16:46 36 comments

USSR didn’t need Allies to win WWII – survey

Almost two thirds of Russians (63%) are confident the USSR could have won the Second World War without any help from the Allies, a nationwide survey has concluded.

30.11.2009, 11:21 14 comments

“Why would big USSR want tiny Finland?” The Winter War remembered

It was a war one of the sides involved would rather forget, while the other fights to keep the memory alive. Finns are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the start of the Winter War against the Soviet Union.

T-54 tanks on Red Square during the 65th anniversary of WWII Victory Parade (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov) 09.05.2010, 12:53 4 comments

"We are again looking at WWII heritage through same eyes"

Aleksey Urazov, a political analyst from Moscow State University, believes that this year Victory parade is a very different show than on its 60th anniversary.

31.05.2010, 21:00 1 comment

Candy for a cigarette: Russia marks “No Tobacco Day”

Police officers and volunteers have been patrolling Moscow's train stations making under-aged smokers an unusual offer – a lollypop in exchange for their cigarette.

A soldier holds the Lithuanian flag during a ceremony marking Defenders of Freedom Day in Vilnius on January 13, 2010 (AFP Photo / Petra Malukas) 12.03.2010, 08:03 20 comments

Lithuania celebrates two decades of autonomy

As Lithuania is marking its 20th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union, the country’s achievements in the new era are being questioned.

07.06.2009, 04:49 12 comments

D-Day commemorations – a platform for controversy

Thousands of people gathered in Normandy to commemorate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Slovenian President Danilo Turk (AFP Photo / Hrvoje Polan) 08.05.2010, 13:09 15 comments

The Soviet Union’s input in the liberation of Europe is unforgettable – Slovenia

As countries around the world mark VE-Day, it seems that some of those who once fought side by side, have these days turned on each other.

07.11.2009, 11:04 8 comments

WWII tanks in the heart of Moscow

November 7 marks the 68th anniversary of the unique 1941 military parade in Moscow, when marching through Red Square, Soviet soldiers went straight on the front line.

24.03.2009, 08:03 5 comments

The day when Russia made a U-turn on its way to West

Ten years ago, on March 24 NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia began. Achieving NATO’s main objective – withdrawal of Serb troops from Kosovo – took months, the tragic side-effect – alienation of Russia – happened imme

Firemen and emergency rescue teams on site after attack on World Trade Center. September, 11, 2001 (Neville Elder) 24.08.2009, 08:49 5 comments

Hundreds of 9/11 first responders die of cancer

New York's emergency services were among the first on the scene of the 9/11 disaster but put their personal safety in jeopardy. Those involved in the rescue and clean-up operation quickly became national heroes.

Pedestrian paradise: urban jungles minus the cars

Published: 22 September, 2009, 19:18


Moscow joins cities across Europe as it endorses a "day without cars" that gives pedestrians - and motorists - a vision of what their city might be like without the internal combustion engine.

 
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