![Lest we forget? Western amnesia about Soviet role in WWII victory has some disturbing aspects…](https://polk.press/storage/articles/May2020/G1GuAMlLhmdc0z2TvXTw-list.jpg)
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...
![Latvia’s ban on Soviet uniforms during Victory Day celebrations an insult to liberators – Russian FM](https://polk.press/storage/news/May2020/LC6kVdqJvjbAmLOmHcN8-list.jpg)
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...
![Ideals that won victory are still the greatest of ideals (by George Galloway)](https://polk.press/storage/articles/May2020/MJ3ef3HaHqveC4PHs2tE-list.jpg)
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...
![‘Never heard of it’: Third of Europeans know ‘little’ or ‘nothing’ about Holocaust, survey says](https://polk.press/storage/news/May2020/9SZqKvVqWBnZ2XiaDAaF-list.jpg)
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...
![We’ll see ‘many fake stories’ blaming USSR ahead of WWII anniversary – top official](https://polk.press/storage/news/May2020/HKo7pmmGhUW8uiFNgZMo-list.jpg)
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...
![Russia to resume training of female military pilots after numerous applications](https://polk.press/storage/articles/May2020/6yOLpLBK7fWN15wpB9Xr-list.jpg)
“There are so many young women who want to become military pilots. We receive hundreds of letters [from them],” Shoigu told journalists. Therefore, we decided that this year we’ll recruit the first grou...
![Troops parade in St. Petersburg to mark 75yrs since end of Leningrad Siege in WWII (PHOTO, VIDEO)](https://polk.press/storage/news/April2020/dliKYHgyql0cmCmF4c2V-list.jpg)
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](https://polk.press/storage/news/April2020/3eOx5GZDu8Vas9q1CuCl-list.jpeg)
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...
![Russia to call on UN to recognize WWII victory as ‘heritage of humanity’](https://polk.press/storage/articles/April2020/gl5t0FDs5vUEw7f18Srx-list.jpg)
The speaker of the Upper House of the Russian Parliament, Valentina Matviyenko, shared those plans with UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Russian MPs...
![Lest we forget? Western amnesia about Soviet role in WWII victory has some disturbing aspects…](https://polk.press/storage/articles/April2020/iZ9GaXHgV3K9SUv5T1qM-list.jpg)
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 having been liberated in July as Soviet forces swept West. Today, the Russian Federation...
![Invite Trump but not Putin? WWII anniversary without Russia is just rewriting history](https://polk.press/storage/articles/April2020/XUeL4veszZ1h9X3sAEgU-list.jpg)
Having US and former Axis leaders attend the 80th anniversary of WWII, but not inviting Russia, shows the event in Poland has nothing to do with paying respects to history, and everything to do with present-day politics....