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Russian Communists: Please Don't Criticize Stalin On His Birthday

AP | SIMON SHUSTER | Posted 12.21.2009 | World

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MOSCOW — The Russian Communist Party asked the nation Monday for a daylong moratorium on criticizing Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as they celebr...

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Vladimir Putin Praises Stalin's Achievements

Times Online | Tony Halpin | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

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Joseph Stalin sent millions to their deaths during his reign of terror, and his name was taboo for decades, but the dictator is a step closer to rehab...

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The Man Who Did Not Start World War III

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: East Berlin, Berlin Wall Anniversary, George HW Bush, Joseph Stalin, Red Army, Shevardnadze, Berlin Wall, Mikhail Gorbachev, World News
Eric Margolis

In 1990, I was the first western journalist ever allowed into the dreaded Lubyanka Prison, the headquarters of KGB, to interview senior KGB officers of the elite First Directorate.

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Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, Stalin's Grandson, Sues Newspaper Over Defamation

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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Joseph Stalin's grandson has launched a court action claiming a liberal Russian newspaper has defamed the former Soviet dictator....

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Hitler Wants You to Wear a Condom

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

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Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Sometimes shock campaigns work but this one just leaves me feeling cold. And kinda icky inside.

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Time to Face the Truth About World War II

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

Medvedev claimed Stalin saved Europe from Hitler. But the facts tell us a different story. Stalin was an even worse mass murderer than Hitler by a factor of three or four.

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Poland Caused WWII: Russian Report

AP | MIKE ECKEL | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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MOSCOW — As the Kremlin presses a campaign to recast Russia's 20th century history in a more favorable light, a research paper published Thursda...

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Pete Seeger, "Folk Music" and the Left

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Jesse Larner

As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.

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New From Lil' Kim Jong Il!

John Marshall | Posted 05.07.2009 | Comedy

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John Marshall

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Where Are They Now? Descendents Of 10 Former Dictators

Mental Floss | Stacy Conradt | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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1. Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of Benito Mussolini's son and his first wife, Anna Maria Scicolone (who also happened to be Sophia Loren's siste...

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Poll: Stalin A Strong Contender For Most Popular Russian

Reuters | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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Soviet dictator Josef Stalin remains one of Russia's most popular historical figures despite the purges that marked his rule, according to the latest ...

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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Judah Freed

No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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