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On January 29, 1942, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and Iran signed a Treaty of Alliance against Nazi Germany
On January 29, 1942, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and Iran signed a Treaty of Alliance against Nazi Germany. This upset German plans for drawing Iran into the Axis and creating a new theatre of war in the Middle...
27 May 2021
Putin: 75 years after WW2, new global crisis calls for victorious anti-Nazi coalition to work together again
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...
19 Jun 2020
We’ll see ‘many fake stories’ blaming USSR ahead of WWII anniversary – top official
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...
‘Never forget what your enemy looks like’: MPs allow use of swastika to condemn Nazi ideology
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...
29 Apr 2020
Latvia’s ban on Soviet uniforms during Victory Day celebrations an insult to liberators – Russian FM
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...
‘Never heard of it’: Third of Europeans know ‘little’ or ‘nothing’ about Holocaust, survey says
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 parade in St. Petersburg to mark 75yrs since end of Leningrad Siege in WWII (PHOTO, VIDEO)
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...
Swedes who fought in Waffen-SS during WWII still receive 'Hitler pensions' – media
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...
Ideals that won victory are still the greatest of ideals (by George Galloway)
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...
On January 29, 1942, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and Iran signed a Treaty of Alliance against Nazi Germany
On January 29, 1942, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and Iran signed a Treaty of Alliance against Nazi Germany. This upset German plans for drawing Iran into the Axis and creating a new theatre of war in the Middle...
27 May 2021
75th Anniversary of the End of World War II: historical memory and historical heritage
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...
04 Sep 2020
Lest we forget? Western amnesia about Soviet role in WWII victory has some disturbing aspects…
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...
