Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Molotov-Ribbentrop: Different Wikipedias Tell Different Stories
August 21, 2009By Robert Coalson It is the Internet age’s reference of first resort -- the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Millions of people every day turn to it to get “just the facts” on everything from beekeeping to the battle of Austerlitz...
Russia Needs Honest Discussion of Molotov-Ribbentrop
August 20, 2009By Paul Goble Russia Needs Honest Discussion of Molotov-Ribbentrop Lest It Repeat Mistakes behind It, Moscow Analyst Says Unlike France or Britain where few people today are prepared to defend their countries’ 1938 Munich Accord with Hitler...
Moscow attempts to reinterpret the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 20, 2009By Pavel Felgenhauer Russian Manipulation of History: "the Art of Interpretation" To mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact by Russia (USSR) and Nazi Germany on August 23, 1939, the Foreign Intelligence...
Moldova seeks EU's help to normalize ties with Romania
July 17, 2009The Moldovan government has called on the EU to act as a mediator in solving problems with Romania. In a statement issued today, the Moldovan government "expresses deep concern over Romania's more active involvement in Moldova's domestic affairs...
Traian Basescu's full interview with Radio Free Europe, 16 July
July 16, 2009Romanian President Traian Basescu has said that April's post-electoral clashes in Chisinau were a sign that Moldova’s young generation wants real political and economic change. In an interview at RFE/RL's Prague headquarters with correspondent Eugen...
Latvia: Aug 23 - Date For Remembering Stalinist, Nazi Victims
July 16, 2009The Latvian parliament after a heated debate during the extraordinary meeting on Thursday passed in the final reading the bill about declaring August 23 the date for commemorating victims of Stalinist and Nazi regimes. The responsible parliamentary committee...
Moscow’s Miscalculation on Falsification of History
July 06, 2009By Paul Goble A decision by an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly committee to declare August 23 an international day of memory of the victims of Nazism and Stalinism underscores just how much Moscow miscalculated with its campaign against “historical...