5/05/2015
By Ulson Gunnar In efforts to demonize Russia, the history of the Western World is being distastefully rewritten. The monumental sacrifices of the Russian people during World War II are not only being marginalized, but flipped upon their heads. Today, reading through the Western media, one will find a multitude of comparisons between Russia and […]
5/05/2015
By Ishaan Tharoor This photo taken Monday, April 13, 2015, shows the T-14 Armata tank, with its turret covered with fabric, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade at a shooting range outside Moscow, Russia. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry via AP) Some pictures have emerged of a new-era Russian tank that’s scheduled to be […]
5/05/2015
Then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, rides a three-wheeler July 24, 2010, accompanied by the Night Wolves biker group leader Alexander Zaldostanov, right, at Gasfort near Sevastopol, Crimea. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) Not many motorbike groups can claim to have a head of state as a supporter, but the case of Russia’s Night Wolves is an exception. President Vladimir […]
5/05/2015
Written by Alex Newman United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chief Irina Bokova (shown with Ban), a longtime Communist Party operative, will both be celebrating “Victory Day” in Moscow with Vladimir Putin, according to state-run Russian media outlets. Also joining Putin and more than 15,000 Russian soldiers […]
5/05/2015
The Soviet role in the defeat of Nazism must never be forgotten The 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe will this week be commemorated in towns and cities across the continent. On this occasion, the celebration will be especially poignant. It will probably be the last important Victory Day […]
5/05/2015
There were two D-days in June 1944. The landings in Normandy on 6 June, Operation Overlord, recalled so movingly a fortnight ago, are part of British national memory. The other D-day remains virtually unknown both here and in America. Yet it was equally important in ending the second world war. And it also marked the dawn […]
Опубликовано в Articles, Debates Club, Falsification of World War II History, History 
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Peter Hartcher Julia Gillard began her last year as prime minister with a statement on national security declaring that “Australia enters a new era of national security imperatives”. Pronouncing the end of the 9/11 decade, she looked to the future: “It will be an era in which the behaviour of states, not non-state actors, will […]
Опубликовано в China, Policy, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Russia, Unites States Комментариев нет » 5/05/2015
Nadège Rolland Russian state-run news agency Tass confirmed on April 22 that Kim Jong-un will be in Moscow for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations. The North Korean leader will be among 26 other heads of state that have so far confirmed their attendance. This visit will mark Kim’s first official foreign trip since he took over the […]
Опубликовано в Korea, North Korea, Policy, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Russia Комментариев нет » 5/05/2015
Lloyd Axworthy Lloyd Axworthy was minister of foreign affairs from 1996 to 2000, when the Arctic Council was established. Canada will send a “tough message” to Russia about its “aggression against Ukraine” at the Arctic Council, which meets beginning Friday in Iqaluit. So said Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Chair of the Council, […]
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by JOYCE NELSON Cranking Up The Rhetoric In mid-April, hundreds of U.S. paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrived in western Ukraine to provide training for government troops. The UK had already started its troop-training mission there, sending 75 troops to Kiev in March. [1] On April 14, the Canadian government announced that Canada will […]
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