Thank you RT for this but President Obama should have been in Moscow rather than giving an interview to partake in the greatest event of the 20th century, the victory over Nazi Germany but he is not in Moscow to show his respect and that is shame. Today, the U.S/UK leadership is not represented in the highest level in Moscow at the highest level and this absence cannot be explained with great PR interview with President Obama. But heads of states of many other important countries such as Germany, France, China, Israel and many head states from the formers Soviet space are in Moscow for this great event. I will watch this event live even if I have stay up for it! I do not wish to watch a rerun but experience it live! Great job RT.

The Soviet Union may have helped defeat the Nazis but the Soviets murdered and imprisoned MILLIONS more of their own people and Eastern Europeans. If Truman had had any brains we would have turned around and destroyed Stalin and the USSR to allow freedom in Russia and the world would have been a better place. You Russians went from slavery under the tsars to slavery under Stalin, and wow look what is happening. You idiots in Russia are letting Putin arm Iran with nuclear weapons. If there is a just God he will have the Iranian nukes land in Russia.

Joe American, I think you are not cognizant of the United States 65 years of war since the 1945 including dropping two atomic bombs over Japan. The Soviet Uninion won WWII. I urge you to get a copy of the Soviet documentary film The Unknown Today the whole world is either watching or will read about this event and it is really truly shame that the President of the United States is not here.

Correct: the Soviet WWII doc name is called The Unknown War. Joe American you can get in the U.S and it is online as well.

This is a historic moment no doubt about it that West started to accept Soviet Sacrifice in WW II. There were lots of mistake by Soviet regime no doubt about it in the name of Communism, but we have to accept to the good side of the truth as well. People will justify, accept or deny but truth should be reveled for all. I had been praying for a long time that Russia and West should work together and that can bring real change and peace on earth.But initiative should come from the West first and it happened. The evil spirit what was hanging on sky of West has been removed. Obama is great, he is doing well. God bless him, God bless Russia-West relationship.

Hi Joe American , you must be evil one from America.Don't fool us.I am not Russian and communist at all.I am a born again Christian from South East Asia.We know very well what is America.See Muslims are punishing you now, once those whom you have made to punish India and Russia.How interesting is that those Pakistanis you prepared to devide India now punishing you.Do you know how many preisidents and top politicians you have killed accross the world in last 50 years those who related with USSR or not agreed with USA alliance? From Latin America to Africa and Asia everywhere you people made your hands blooldy by the blood of good politicians like Bangababdhu Sheikh Mujib of Bangladesh, Anwar Sadad of Egypt, Salvador Allende Chile. After killing of Sheikh Mujib thousands of Army officers were killed in Bangladesh by the support of USA and Pakistan. If we bring all those stories together then there will be several books and I think we need to do it. Don't forget that the world is facing terrible problem now that is because of you Americans, and we are suffering from that as well. Please look at the Bible Matthew 7:5, "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from brother's eye".

Joe American, "The Soviet Union may have helped defeat the Nazis but the Soviets murdered and imprisoned MILLIONS more of their own people and Eastern Europeans" Relative to Stalin, Hitler killed a greater number of people in far less time. The USSR did many evil things before, during and after the war, but its victory in WW2 saved tens of millions of lives, and indeed without its brutality it would've crumbled under the Nazi advance. It saved the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe from a genocide worse than even that which the war against them itself embodied, it made it possible for the US and UK to "win" the war whilst sustaining only a very small number of casualties relative to the main continental contenders: without the USSR the UK almost certainly would've been conquered, and the US would've found itself in a hard fought two front struggle fighting the Japanese on one side and the German on the other; there is no guarantee we could've won such a fight, and it would've incredibly daunting. It is probably safe to say that the USSR, by virtue of its achievement, saved millions of even American lives. True, we might merely call the USSR the lesser of two evils, but as Mr. Peris points out, the US is guilty of doing plenty of evil things during the Cold War era as well, and my answer to this is that we should acknowledge the crimes of everyone, whether they be of the communist or the capitalist powers, and resolve to learn from and better ourselves by the lessons of the past. And at any rate, the average soldier should not be blamed for the decisions of generals and politicians; he fought valiantly for the just cause of defending all that he knew and loved.

American, Let for a moment suspend Joe American’s claims. Instead, let us focus on the moral imperative of evil. Do you think that before, during and after WWII, the United States of America has not committed evil deeds comparable to that of Stalin? Here I will list few things and I would like you to consider them carefully. 1. Racial ideology used by the Third Reich, setting up racially constituted, legal, political order was firmly in place in the United States before, during and after WWII. 2. Denying democracy and overthrowing more 50 elected leaders in Africa, the ME and Latin America. 3. 65 years of war that stared with the U.S dropping atomic weapons on defenceless civilian population in Japan, war on Korea, Vietanam, menacing Latin America that continue to this day, global militarism that sees the United States having more than 700 bases in foreign countries. Do you think that we need to broaden those who practice evil when it comes to spreading terror, fear and breaking misery, death and destruction? Today, I did quick browsing of some of the leading British and U.S media outlets and recurring themes were: Russia’s nostalgia for past glory and Russia needs this reminiscences of past glory because it has not won victory since WWII! Now, I ask you what is more victorious than avoiding major war for 65 years?

Please ignore Joe American. I am an American and ex Marine. Joe is a product of the decadent, immoral, ignorant side of America. As you probably know, our education in the U.S. has deteriorated over the past 60 years. God willing, soon America will improve the education system. Perhaps then, 52% of America will not be so obtuse as to vote for a neophyte as Obama. Solzhenitsyn once said, "The Soviet Union were Russian people held hostage by the Communists". While Communism is certainly evil, the Russian people are not. Joe knows nothing about the civil war fought between the Reds and the Whites. If the South had won the American Civil War thousands more if not millions would have died under slavery in the U.S.. Christianity has survived atheistic Communism in Russia. A feat unmatched since the first Christian martyrs. In 1917 Metropolitan Tikhon of Moscow excommunicated the Communists."Come back into your senses, you madmen and stop spilling blood! What you are doing can please only satan. The retribution for it will be curse on you down the generations and eternal torture in hell fire. In the name of Almighty God I hereby anathematize you and also excommunicate those of you who happened to be Orthodox Christians by birth, I hereby call on the Orthodox faithful to rise in numbers and beat off the forces of evil that are besieging the Church on all sides." In 1941 a special service was held in the Patriarchal Cathedral to bless the Russian people in the face of Hitler's invading army. Also in 1942 the war had changed the attitude of the atheist rulers towards the Orthodox Church. The war had led to the disappearance of atheistic propaganda imposed on the people. The churches were filled with many people during the war times said priest Prokopenko.The Faith survived and Communism went down to defeat in 1991, December 25 Soviet Union Ends.In 2000 The Cathedral of Christ the Savior was rebuilt in Moscow.

David, I can hear from your comment echoes of Madison Grant, Thomas F. Dixon, D.W Griffith. The model of the America South you speak of was predicated on many of the ideas that guided Hitler and the Third Reich- such as anti-immigration, anti-miscegenation laws and the dream of creating racially pure society, economically, politically and culturally. I suggest that you take a closer look at the U.S racialist views of the Slavs that were firmly in place in the U.S before Hitler and the Third Reich came to power in Germany. That is why history of the imperial Russia, Russia under communism and the modern Russia cannot be commensurate to the history of that American South. I do realise that there are Slavic nationalists in Russia but they are in the minority. Russia is and always has been a multi ethnic and multi racial society. In the America South, it was not only blacks that were considered ‘natural slaves’, the Slavs were never thought of as brothers but weaker racial class that represented “threat” to the “superior Anglo Saxon settler blood”. Russians need to educate their people on the American racialist history that deeply impressed and influenced Hitler and the Third Reich. Today, 60% of Americans believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible. They also believe in the biblical truth of biological creationism. Do you think Obama and liberals are responsible for this sad state of affairs?

David’s comment shows why the future is frail and we have not learned the lessons of WWII. Ethnic nationalism may it be disguised on Christianity,t anti-Muslim/anti-immirgant rhetoric in the name of western civilisation is doomed to failure. I've just watched Peter Lavelle’s Crosstalk on the return of the Right in Europe and North America. Let us look at the walls that are being erected to exclude people in between the U.S/Mexico , the ME and elsewhere. Let us take a closer look at both visible and visible walls. There are so much fear at moment because millions are losing their jobs and homes and often times like that people look for scapegoats. David, your reference to the U.S civil war touched me deeply because I am black and I fully understand your references. I think Russians understand the implications of the rise of nationalism for modern multi ethnic Russia. Communism was not more evil than racial segregation and use of slave labour that built the American capitalist economy.

Actions of the Assassin in Chief speak much louder and clearer than his oratory skills. Why is it so hard to admit that Anglo-Americans have no partners, friends or allies, they are only interested in stealing and robing other peoples resources. They prefer to buy or rent cannon fodder and the bought or rented confuse that with friendship to their peril.

I was shocked to find out just how many people Russia had lost in the war, and I'm very glad its now recognized. After that however, my thoughts are, they lied to us before, why should we believe them now. I'm afraid I don't believe anything that has an American accent! A simple Google quickly reveals the funding behind Hitler and unfortunate it makes a parody of the "allied" event. I know the real problem is that the enemy lives in my TV set... and its impersonating real people. The overdone holocaust marketing completely spoiled it for me, especially when I have questions like how did Bernanke's and Blankfein's family get from concentration camp to bank. Why did Jews die, when Jews also run the banks that financed the war? An event that I think was good for Russia, it exposed an important truth, but as for the rest of the "allied" show, its left me more confused than ever. My intuition is very much... watch your back Russia. And I realize that, watch your back USA, is also now a valid comment. Also the Nazi's where just the soldiers and I think they also got duped, so I didn't buy into the theme... at one stage I thought I was watching CNN, or a bad TV commercial. I think the US banking marketers are completely underestimating how intelligent their audience is. I trust Putin, so I assume this was necessary?

May 09, 2010, 21:23, The Red Star wrote > American, Red Star, You American hater! Your SLAVE labor BUILT America? What Al Sharpton book are you reading? The Eastern Europeans who escaped "Communism" BUILT the USA!, NOT the Blacks! The slaves had a BETTER life than that of the Eurpoean immigrant. The slave masters took care of their slaves because they were the property of the masters, while the European immigrant lived and worked some 20 hour days for the company store! Dropping a bomb on innocent civilians? Have you ever heard of war? Have you heard of Pearl Harbor? You are typical of the American Black who is OWED everythign and contributes NOTHING! I am sick and tired of seeing the blacks complain about slavery when they drive Lexus's, Mercedes, and Range Rovers while I drive 1990 Chevy's. Anytime a black doesn't get a job they cry Racism! I give you credit, YOU have the "MAN" running and your laughing all the way to the bank! I had 2 advanced degrees and yet I still lose out on promotion to Black females with GED's.....so take your nonsense and sell it else where. I would only hope that Putin takes over America and sets you back in your place! Unbelieveable!

May 09, 2010, 13:47, James Swapan Peris wrote > Hi Joe American , you must be evil one from America.Don't fool us.I am not Russian and communist at all.I am a born again Christian from South East Asia.We know very well what is America.See Muslims are punishing you now, once those whom you have made to punish India and Russia.How interesting is that those Pakistanis you prepared to devide India now punishing you.Do you know how many preisidents and top politicians you have killed accross the world in last 50 years those who related with USSR or not agreed with USA alliance? From Latin America to Africa and Asia everywhere you people made your hands blooldy by the blood of good politicians like Bangababdhu Sheikh Mujib of Bangladesh, Anwar Sadad of Egypt, Salvador Allende Chile. After killing of Sheikh Mujib thousands of Army officers were killed in Bangladesh by the support of USA and Pakistan. If we bring all those stories together then there will be several books and I think we need to do it. Don't forget that the world is facing terrible problem now that is because of you Americans, and we are suffering from that as well. Please look at the Bible Matthew 7:5, "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from brother's eye". Born Again Christian says enough! Why are there so many people trying to move to America because it is such a BAD country? You, too, are nothing but a hater and you claim to be a Born Again Christian. Remeber 9-11? What about your Muslim brothers?

Sierra Nevada I do not hate the U.S. Hate is toxic disease and I do not wish to get this disease. Please not: my comment was a response to David’s comment. I wanted to respond to his reference to the U.S Civil War. Now, I wanted to show him and the readers of this forum that the U.S Civil War was over the ownership of black slaves and that the U.S was not a friend of eastern Europeans such as the Slavs. Please, see the 1924 the U.S Immigration Restriction Act also known as the John-Reed Act of 1924 [see also the National Origin Act clause of this Act]. The National Origin immigration restriction was predicated on eugenics ideas advanced by Madison Grant and others [see his book The Passing of the Great Race]. The National Origin Act was directed at curtailing immigrant from eastern and southern Europeans as ‘inferior’ to northern Europeans. The National Origin Restriction Clause was used to exclude or delimit immigration of ‘inferior eastern European blood’ because it was thought eastern blood would threaten the “purity” of the Anglo Saxon “superior blood” of the settler class. These are historical facts. Hitler’s two driving ideologies against the Slavs were that of racial superiority of North Europeans over the Slavs and that of Manifest Destiny of the Germans to conquer the Slavs and eradicate them and take away their lands as living spaces for future expansion of Germans. Both ideas were borrowed from Anglo Saxon expansionist and eugenics imperatives. P/S. The U.S economy was built on slave labour. Ironic aspect of this is that today even anti-immigration feelings are running high in the U.S, brown skinned immigrant are being lured with promise of citizenship to fight U.S imperialistic wars.

Red Star, Fact: The "slave" labor which you mentioned was the "white" Eastern Europeans who built the USA. Fact: The Civil War was fought due to "State's Rights". Fact: 96.7% of ALL immigration in the last 7 years have come from Africa, South, Central, and Latin America. I would say the "majority" of these immigrants were "light" browned skin, as you say. Ask yourself why? Fact: It is better to be Black in America than it is White!