On November 22, 1941, the first lorries carrying foodstuffs drove to Leningrad across the ice of Lake Ladoga. The name the Road of Life given by Leningrad residents to the ice road across Lake Ladoga is not a poetic symb...

Under the Third Reich’s plans, the Baltic region was supposed to become part of the German Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO). The population was to be partially exterminated, moved to the east, or “Germanised....

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 520 of August 21, 2020, the Medal of Ushakov was awarded to 17 US citizens for their part in the Arctic convoys that transported supplies and military equipment t...

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants at the closing ceremony of the Memory Watch national event. The message reads, in part: “It is gratifying to see that with every passing ye...

Article of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the State of Israel A.Viktorov (Russian Foreign Ministry) "75th Anniversary of the End of World War II: historical memory and historical heritage". 75 years ago, vi...

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants at the closing ceremony of the Memory Watch national event. The message reads, in part: “It is gratifying to see that with every passing ye...

By Bryan MacDonald In 1945, they defeated Adolf Hitler and Imperial Japan. Now, 75 years on, Vladimir Putin believes that the present global health and economic emergency requires the Second World War allies to unite on...

Information warfare has been deployed against Russia since imperial times so one can expect the WWII anniversary in September to be used to blame Moscow for starting the war, a senior Russian official said. Sergey Ivanov...

Nazi standards tossed to the ground during the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow on June 24, 1945. © Sputnik The swastika and other symbols of the Third Reich can be used, but only if it’s done to con...

Arctic Convoys veteran John Goodman receives his medal «75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War». Congratulation and thank you for contributing to Victory75! We Remember Faces of Victory W...

Victory day celebrations in Riga, Latvia © Sputnik / Sergey Melkonov The Russian Foreign Ministry slammed Latvia’s new legislation banning Soviet Army uniforms from being worn during public events, calling...

Legislating to establish an ‘official’ view of history is seldom a good idea. History is a matter of living debate, study and interpretation, not written in the wooden language of the solemn edict, which only...

Knowledge of the Holocaust is lacking in Europe, according to a CNN/ComRes survey which found that a third of Europeans polled admitted they knew little or nothing about the genocide committed by Adolf Hitler. One in 20...

Troops and heavy armor paraded through the iconic Palace Square in St. Petersburg to mark 75 years since the end of the Nazi siege of Leningrad, which lasted 872 days and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Despite...

A reconnaissance troop of the Waffen SS in the southern sector of the Eastern front. © Global Look Press / Scherl Seventy-four years after the fall of the Third Reich, the German government is still paying foreign...

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 520 of August 21, 2020, the Medal of Ushakov was awarded to 17 US citizens for their part in the Arctic convoys that transported supplies and military equipment t...

As Russians celebrate Victory Day, George Galloway argues for a return to the spirit that won the war. On May 9, 1945, Hitler's fascism was finally crushed amongst the rubble of Berlin and the "thousand-year Reich" came...

A US-made collectable coin lists Britain and France among the honored US allies in WWII, but, strangely, the Soviet Union, whose Red Army delivered a crushing blow to the Nazis in Europe and fought Japan, is omitted. The...

On November 22, 1941, the first lorries carrying foodstuffs drove to Leningrad across the ice of Lake Ladoga. The name the Road of Life given by Leningrad residents to the ice road across Lake Ladoga is not a poetic symb...

Under the Third Reich’s plans, the Baltic region was supposed to become part of the German Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO). The population was to be partially exterminated, moved to the east, or “Germanised....

Article of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the State of Israel A.Viktorov (Russian Foreign Ministry) "75th Anniversary of the End of World War II: historical memory and historical heritage". 75 years ago, vi...

Residents of liberated Sofia greeting Red Army soldiers. 09.09.1944 © Sputnik In the autumn of 1944, 75 years ago, the Red Army reached the borders of the German Reich; cities such as Minsk, Vilnius, and Brest h...

Operation Bagration was the D-Day of the Eastern Front. In scope, size, scale and impact, it was a remarkable feat of arms unmatched in WWII. Crucially, Overlord (D-Day) and Bagration were planned and undertaken as part...

Congratulations to «Arctic Convoys» veteran Reg Young with receiving his medal «75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War»! Thank you for your brave service! We Remember Faces of...

Happy for «Arctic Convoys» veteran Derek Housden receiving his medal «75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War»! Congratulations! Thank you for your contribution to our common V...

One more «75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War» medal finds its hero. Thank you to «Arctic Convoys» veteran William Black who was a signalman on HMS Milne for making Victory...

Happy for «Arctic Convoys» veteran Robert John Hammer receiving his medal «75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War». Congratulations and thank you for Victory75! We Remember Fa...

Сongratulations «Arctic Convoys» veteran Geoffrey Conner with receiving his medal «75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War»! Thank you for your contribution to our common Victo...

 Another «75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War» medal – another hero. Thank you to Arctic Convoys veteran Leonard Phillips who was on HMS Glasgow during WWII for his brave se...