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16.05.2008, 19:05
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has rebuffed Ukraine’s efforts to have the famine of the 1930s recognised solely as a tragedy of the Ukrainian people. The body says the event was an international tragedy.
28.10.2008, 18:14
Russia's Foreign Minister has warned the EU not to stand by and allow Georgia spend billions of dollars in aid on re-equiping its depleted military forces. Sergey Lavrov delivered the blunt message at a meeting with representatives from the European Union
14.11.2008, 09:59
In a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has denounced what he calls Ukraine’s attempts at revising history. He accuses the political leadership in Kiev of exploiting the great famine of the 1930s, know
22.11.2008, 12:00
The millions of victims of the 1930s' 'Holodomor' famine, potentially due to the disastrous soviet collectivization policy, in Ukraine and Russia have been subject to political manipulation and the creation of historic myths by both countries.
23.11.2007, 21:44
Ceremonies are being held in Ukraine to remember the victims of Josef Stalin's collectivisation drive. Seventy-five years ago the resulting famine claimed 10 million lives in the country. Ukraine demands that the campaign be internationally recognised as
12.12.2008, 20:09
The Great Famine of the 1930s killed millions of people across the USSR. Its origins are still fiercely contested. But according to reports presented at a recent conference in Moscow, its main causes were a failure of ma
Published: 28 October, 2008, 19:25
Russia’s ambassador to the UN has accused Ukraine of using the great famine of the 1930s to take people's minds off more urgent problems at home. Vitaly Churkin says leaders in Kiev are dredging up 'holodomor' to distract attention away from the country’s
