Greenpeace activists took a statue of French President Emmanuel Macron and placed it outside the Russian embassy in Paris on ...

A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian ...

Soviet leader Josef Stalin's legacy includes mass purges and executions. Statues of him in Russia came down decades ago, but ...

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People who criticize Stalin or draw attention to crimes committed under Stalin are now threatened with jail, with media ...

But amid the mosaics and chandeliers, there is a new monument turning heads - a life-sized statue of Joseph Stalin ... there is fury at what appears to be Russia's latest attempt to rehabilitate ...

A life-sized statue of USSR dictator Joseph Stalin ... Some have described it as "the right decision", marking the history of the Russian state. Piles of red carnations lie at Stalin's feet.

The rector of Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture, Nikolai Chesnokov, died while touring the "Motherland Calls" monument on Mamayev Kurgan in the Russian city of Volgograd ... climbed to the top ...

Baza, a Telegram channel with links to Russian security services, claimed the visit inside the monument had not been authorised as the statue is not open to the public. It also said that Chesnokov ...

But amid the mosaics and chandeliers, there is a new monument turning heads - a life-sized statue of Joseph Stalin ... But as well as flowers, there is fury at what appears to be Russia's latest ...