The Czech political right vs. Soviet war Marshal. The story behind the demolition of Konev statue
On April 3, 2020, Prague 6 district authorities dismantled the monument to Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev who liberated…
Russia criminalizes destruction of war monuments and memorials
On April 7, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No.112-FZ. “On the Amendments to the Russian…
Prague marks the 75th VE-Day anniversary with a new monument to Nazi collaborator Vlasov
The memorial plate quotes Solzhenitsyn, "Did all Czechs realize later which Russians had saved their city?”
Monument to Latvian victims of Stalinist terror desecrated in Komi, northern Russia
On April 13, 2020, the Latvian embassy in Moscow sent an official note to the Russian Foreign Ministry…
Coronavirus prevents Canada from starting deportation of a Nazi criminal
The coronavirus pandemic is now a stumbling block for Canadian authorities in an attempt to consider the deportation…
Lenin’s 150th anniversary celebrations took place despite coronavirus
On April 22, 2020, new monuments dedicated to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin were inaugurated at least in four…
Russia’s Investigative Committee: Did Finnish occupiers commit genocide against people of Karelia?
On April 20, 2020, the Russian Investigative Committee, or Sledkom, said it was launching all necessary legal procedures…
International Legal Basis for the Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals
War crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated during WWII by Nazis and their collaborators are qualified internationally as…
A mystery at Manezhnaya. How Zhukov statues replaced each other in Moscow
The story of different monuments to Marshal Georgy Zhukov appearing at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow has finally come to its end. However, nobody still can tell what exactly happened
Schroedinger’s accord. The Finnish paradoxical attitude to the Paris Peace Treaty, 194
More recently, the Finnish authorities claimed that the provisions of the Paris Treaty of 1947 had lost their significance