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The unflinching heroism and sacrifice of the USSR in stopping the Nazis’ genocide on the Eastern Front must never be diminished by those trying to score political points, writes PHIL

Remembering Operation Barbarossa Many in the West expected a swift and easy victory over the USSR for Hitler — including the Fuhrer himself. They didn’t count on the iron will

The day the world caught fire PHIL KATZ charts the run-up to the most formidable and deadly invasion in the history of mankind – Operation Barbarossa – which took place

No Plane Has Been Built in Bigger Numbers (And It Helped Crush Hitler) A plane that played a big role in defeating Nazi Germany. by Sebastien Roblin   If you had

  Crowds of people took to the streets on the Belarusian capital of Minsk in a weekly protest against the country’s authoritarian leader who won a sixth term in office

For Vladimir Putin, the great global troublemaker, problems are mounting closer to home From a stagnating economy, growing dissatisfaction in Russia, Alexei Navalny and Belarus, 2020 is proving a tough

Does he want to end his political ambitions? Top Eurocrat Borrell calls for Navalny’s name to be attached to EU ‘Magnitsky List’ 15 Sep, 2020 18:53 / Updated 9 hours ago

Russia to loan Belarus $1.5bn as Lukashenko tells Putin: ‘a friend is in trouble’ Belarusian president flies to Sochi for talks with Russian leader after month of protests Shaun Walker in