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Moldovan premier commemorates victims of Stalin-era repression
June 28, 2010Prime Minister Vlad Filat today laid flowers at a foundation stone of a monument to the victims of the Stalin-era repression in the Square of the Chisinau-based train terminal, the government's press service has said. Attending the event were members...
Moscow uses Victory Day to promote its post-Soviet dominance
May 14, 2010By Pavel Felgenhauer Propaganda overwhelms Russian society In Soviet times grandiose displays of military might during parades on Red Square in the center of Moscow were mostly designed to impress western Cold War adversaries. The last Soviet military...
Putin snubs Biden as Russia masks military weaknesses on Victory Day
May 11, 2010De Roger McDermott Russia celebrates past victories: Parading an image of “strength” Once again, celebrating the victory over Nazi Germany, veterans, serving Russian soldiers, equipment and weapons were displayed on Red Square for the May...
9 May: Western troops march on Russia's Red Square (video)
May 09, 2010By Peter Fedynsky Troops from the United States and three other NATO countries have joined Russian troops in a march on Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev greeted...
Moldovan president to send soldiers but to skip Moscow WW II parade
April 26, 2010Moldovan interim President Mihai Ghimpu has agreed to send 70 Moldovan soldiers to participate in the May 9 military parade on Moscow's Red Square but will not attend himself, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The celebrations are to mark the 65th anniversary...
Edvins Snore, Director of the Soviet Story, comes to Washington
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February 09, 2010Although he commented that he did not fully realize that travel time and public speaking would be a substantial part of his work with The Soviet Story (see trailer here), Director Edvins Snore was prepared to answer any question presented to him about...
The Soviet Story: A must see documentary
January 28, 2010By Robert McConnell In May, 2008, The Soviet Story premiered in the European Parliament where it now has been screened several times. Since then The Soviet Story has been screened on national television in 10 countries and has won several prestigious...
EU Report on War in Georgia Opens the Way to More Russian Aggression
October 01, 2009By Paul Goble Many in Moscow are celebrating the conclusion of the European Union’s commission that Georgia rather than Russia bears primary responsibility for the start of the August 2008 war as a vindication of the Russian government&rsquo...
Romania's King Michael Recalls Start Of World War II
August 31, 2009Romania's former sovereign, King Michael, is one of the three surviving heads of state from World War II (alongside Bulgaria's King Simeon and Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk), and the only one involved directly in the war. RFE/RL correspondent Eugen Tomiuc...
Seventy Years After the Hitler-Stalin Pact
August 27, 2009By Austin Bay "Communazi" became magazine shorthand for their collaboration, dark slang connecting the two totalitarian ideologies of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany after they ratified the Hitler-Stalin Pact. That faux-peace agreement...