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07.04.2010, 18:39
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The crimes of Stalin’s regime cannot be justified, Premier Vladimir Putin has said. He added, however, that Russians cannot be blamed for the 1940 massacre in the Katyn forest, where over 20,000 Poles were executed.
24.06.2010, 20:24
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Moldova has declared June 28 the “Day of Soviet Occupation.” The country’s interim president, Mihai Ghimpu, signed the relevant decree on Thursday.
09.11.2009, 09:08
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The Germans confirmed their loyalty to democracy and the Wall’s fall was only a matter of time. Everybody won from the Cold War era confrontation finishing, former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev told RT.
12.02.2010, 00:15
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Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR, has become the first recipient of the Dresden Prize, which will be awarded annually.
28.10.2010, 18:18
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Moscow is satisfied with the current trend towards stepping up bilateral cooperation with Poland in key areas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
27.04.2010, 23:51
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is in Denmark on the first state visit from Moscow in the last half century. The president, together with his spouse Sevtlana Medvedeva, was personally invited by Queen Margrethe II.
09.05.2010, 01:24
Prior to the WWII celebrations, Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev has handed over official papers from the investigation into the Katyn massacre to the acting President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski.
07.10.2010, 12:24
The Cyprus dispute should be resolved without pressure from outside as all attempts to impose ready-made “recipes” are counterproductive, President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
20.07.2009, 09:55
The autumn of 2009 will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which is now being renovated after years of decay, pollution and vandalism.
08.05.2010, 13:09
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As countries around the world mark VE-Day, it seems that some of those who once fought side by side, have these days turned on each other.
Published: 08 November, 2009, 09:37
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the beginning of the end for the German Democratic Republic, as it showed that its government couldn’t run the country without the Wall, believes a former West German Foreign Minister.
