In Kiev, police harassed any visitors who dared to commemorate the victims of the Nazi attack in any way other than laying ...

Russia's war against Ukraine is waged not only with missiles and tanks, but with distorted myths — powerful narratives that ...

Building upon the legacy of Stalinist falsifications of the history of the Second World War, the Putin regime falsely ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend commemorations in China marking 80 years since Japan’s surrender in WWII Read ...

MOSCOW — Russia on Friday celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, as President Vladimir Putin presided over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops ...

Russia's Victory Day commemorations yesterday marked 80 years since the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. More than 20 foreign leaders attended the military parade in Moscow, reflecting a group ...

The identities of Yellow Ribbon activists who live in Russian-occupied territory have been withheld for security reasons. "When my child hears about May 9 they almost scream, and so do I," an activist ...

Victory Day, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important secular holiday, reflecting its wartime sacrifice. But it's also used by the Kremlin to bolster patriotism and regain the superpower ...

Events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's Victory against Nazi Germany were organized in countries across Africa, while several of its state heads travelled to Moscow to attend ...

While the Soviet victory in World War II 80 years ago is still celebrated today, its form has changed to be less about Soviet heritage, and more about Kazakh national identity.

In Moscow it was already May 9, which became the Soviet Union's "Victory Day" in what Russians call the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45. For Russians - and for many of the peoples of the former ...

Hardly any other country marks the end of World War II with the same fanfare and fervor as Russia, for which the victory over Nazi ... it lost when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.