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Adolf Hitler's Mercedes, the ultimate war trophy for a Russian collector
Moscow :: Russia | 2 days ago
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Showing off his stunning collection of classic automobiles, Dmitry Lomakov explains why Russians love Nazi cars. "They are symbols of Russia 's victory,'' he says. "For Russians the second world war isn't a historical event. For us it happened yesterday.''...
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Dmitry Lomakov, Russian, world war, nazi cars, Soviet Union, Russia, Moscow, Nazism, Chancellors of Germany, Beer Hall Putsch, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Gￃﾶring, Nazi Germany, Antisemitism, War Conflict
President signs off on castration law
Warsaw :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The practice has been tried in other countries, but usually on a voluntary basis. According to its politicians, Poland now has the severest legislation towards paedophiles in Europe. Under the law adults convicted of raping a child under the age of 15...
Tags: Poland, communist symbols, Warsaw, Politics, Lech Kaczyￅﾄski, Child sexual abuse, Identical twins, Red star, Kaczynski, Pedophilia, Chemical castration, Law and Justice, Decommunization, Castration, Members of Polish Sejm 2001-2005, Communism, Andrology, Sex crimes, Sex offender, Communist crime, Zbigniew Romaszewski, Soviet Union, Punishments, Law Crime
USSR meets YouTube in Russian web nostalgia project
Moscow :: Russia | 3 days ago
Credibility This was 1974, but the clip from Soviet television can be found on a new Russian website that seeks to bring Communist nostalgia into the Internet age with content ranging from anti-Western propaganda to comedy shows and Soviet sports victories. Russians...
Tags: Russians, Andrei Akopian, red square, Arina Borodina, comedy shows, Russia, Moscow, STS, Akopian, Vladimir Akopian, Eastern Bloc media, Soviet Union, Television in the Soviet Union, Alfa Group, Entertainment Culture, Propaganda
Watchdog warning about TV in post-Soviet states
Moscow :: Russia | 3 days ago
Credibility A media watchdog is warning that government-influenced TV in Russia and many post-Soviet states is hampering democracy and could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool. Miklos Haraszti, media freedom representative at...
Tags: soviet states, Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Elections, Politics, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Soviet Union, Democracy, Miklￃﾳs Haraszti, Propaganda
Election season smears are back – watch out Muslims, Jews and Red Kate | Michael White
Peer :: Belgium | 3 days ago
Credibility Election season smears are back – watch out Muslims, Jews and Red Kate It behoves political leaders to be careful what they say on prominent public platforms about inflammatory subjects that can easily spark trouble Plenty of sensible people laugh when...
Tags: Dave, Gordon Brown, Labour party, LabourList, Soviet Union, Mike, Muslims, Belgium, Peer, Anglo-Scots, Michael Gove, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Neil Kinnock, Democratic socialism, Democratic socialists, Tony Blair, Glastonbury Festival
George Miller-Kurakin: Anti-communist campaigner who inspired Conservative activists during the Cold War
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 days ago
Credibility Intellectual and visionary, liberal and anti-Communist, George Miller inspired a generation of Conservative activists in the 1980s, when the Soviet Union seemed impregnable. His operations were so extensive that few of his associates knew the full picture....
Tags: George Miller-Kurakin, Russian Research Foundation, Young Conservatives, Chile Boris, USSR, Afghanistan, Kabul, Politics, National Alliance of Russian Solidarists, Cold War, Kurakin, Soviet war in Afghanistan, World Peace Council, Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin, Peace movement
Ukraine's 'hot air' bedevils global climate deal
Konstantinovka :: Russia | 4 days ago
Credibility Ukraine — Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance. For others beyond this manufacturing graveyard, however, Ukraine's economic collapse...
Tags: Ukraine, hot air, Vladimir Lenin, Copenhagen, Soviet Union, Russia, Konstantinovka, Environment, Mitigation of global warming, Emissions trading, Carbon finance, Global warming, Carbon credit, Kyoto Protocol, Low-carbon economy
The Cold War�s third phase: learning the conflict�s myriad lessons
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 days ago
Credibility First comes the political discussion over whether to start or enter it...And, finally, there is consideration of what lessons should be learned from it. The Cold War, the third major conflict of the 20th century, is no exception to this rule. All three...
Tags: Soviet Union, cold war, Afghanistan, Kabul, Communism, Containment, Dￃﾩtente, Soviet occupations, War Conflict, Soviet Union ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Foreign relations of the Soviet Union, Politics
Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies in Moscow
Moscow :: Russia | 6 days ago
Credibility Information on the funeral service, place and time of the burial will be available later,'' Russian news agencies reported quoting the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Feoktistov was one of those who designed Soyuz and Progress spaceships, and the Salyut...
Tags: Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet Union, Moscow Moscow, Moscow Technical University, Russia, Moscow
Letter from India: India's Path Was Paved by Soviet Fall
Pondicherry :: India | 10 days ago
Credibility India's Path Was Paved by Soviet Fall Published: November 19, 2009 With all the attention being paid this month to the fall of the Berlin Wall, I’ve found myself thinking of how much India has changed over the last 20 years. Most of the media coverage...
Tags: Indian, India India, Soviet Union, Jawaharlal Nehru, foreign policy, cold war, India, Pondicherry
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