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Moscow to unveil replacement for destroyed Georgia WWII monument in Dec.

12:31 13/09/2010

A Moscow World War Two memorial to "replace" a monument blown up in the Georgian city of Kutaisi last year is likely to go up in December, the capital's vice-mayor said on Monday.

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Replacement for WWII memorial blown up in Georgia assembled in Moscow
16:29 13/12/2010
The bronze figure of WWII soldier Kantaria had its arm cut off during the assembly of a monument entitled “We fought Nazism together” in Moscow. Watch a RIA Novosti video showing the assembly of the monument the Russian authorities said they would install in Moscow to replace the Glory Memorial blown up in Kutaisi, Georgia.
Moscow prepares replacement for destroyed Georgia WWII monument
18:06 22/11/2010
A World War II memorial to replace a monument blown up in the Georgian city of Kutaisi last year will be unveiled in Moscow on December 19. The monument, to go up in Moscow’s Poklonnaya Gora memorial park, also called Victory Park, will feature two Soviet soldiers, Georgian Meliton Kantaria and Russian Mikhail Yegorov, who hoisted a Soviet flag over the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin in May 1945.
Moscow prepares to unveil replacement for destroyed Georgia WWII monument
03:03 22/11/2010
A World War II memorial to replace a monument blown up in the Georgian city of Kutaisi last year will be unveiled in Moscow on December 19, the head of a fund to restore World War II monuments said.
Russian replacement for Georgian WWII memorial to be revealed July 12
20:29 07/07/2010
The results of a public vote to choose a World War II monument to be built in Moscow to replace one blown up in the central Georgian city of Kutaisi last year will be announced next Monday
Putin shown monument projects of new Glory Memorial
17:21 06/07/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin assessed on Monday six best projects of a monument which will be built in Moscow in memory of the demolished Georgian Glory Memorial.
Russia's Putin assesses top six final WWII monument projects
22:20 05/07/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday studied the six best WWII architectural projects to be built in Moscow to replace the one blown up in Georgia last year.
Moscow urges global condemnation of Georgia memorial demolition
18:59 24/12/2009
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Thursday urged foreign parliaments and international organizations to condemn the destruction of a WWII memorial in Georgia.
Russia to rebuild destroyed Georgian WWII memorial in Moscow
15:25 23/12/2009
A WWII memorial in Georgia, which was demolished on December 19, will be rebuilt in Moscow, the city mayor said on Wednesday.
Georgian ex-PM to discuss WWII memorial rebuilding in Moscow
14:49 23/12/2009
Georgian opposition leader and former premier Zurab Nogaideli will discuss with Russian officials on Wednesday the rebuilding of a WWII memorial demolished in Georgia.
Destroyed Georgian memorial's creator welcomes plans to rebuild
22:03 22/12/2009
The sculptor who created a WWII memorial in Georgia which was destroyed on December 19 has welcomed Russia's proposal to rebuild the landmark structure.
WWII memorial demolished in Kutaisi, Georgia
20:11 22/12/2009
The Military Glory memorial commemorating the Soviet Union’s victory in WWII in Kutaisi, Georgia, a day before the explosion.
Putin proposes rebuilding Georgia's war memorial in Moscow
16:55 22/12/2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested on Tuesday that Russia rebuild in Moscow a World War II memorial demolished in a botched operation by Georgian authorities in Kutaisi.
Two people killed in Memorial of Glory explosion
15:17 21/12/2009
Two people were killed by concrete fragments in explosion operations at the Memorial of Glory in Kutaisi. According to the preliminary data, safety rules had been grossly violated during the explosion.
Russia criticizes Georgia over botched war memorial demolition
12:49 21/12/2009
Russia's Foreign Ministry has condemned Georgia for its demolition of a WWII memorial in Georgia, in which two people died, calling it a provocation to the international community.
Russia condemns demolition of WWII memorial in Georgia
18:58 19/12/2009
Russia condemned on Saturday the demolition of a memorial to WWII heroes in Georgia as an act of barbarism and state vandalism.
2 killed as WWII memorial demolished in Georgia
16:29 19/12/2009
Two people were killed in an explosion on Saturday when a memorial to WWII heroes was demolished in Georgia's second largest city, Kutaisi, Imedi TV company reported.
Georgian opposition set to prevent demolition of WWII memorial
19:49 18/12/2009
Opposition leaders are set to protest against plans to demolish next week a WWII memorial in Georgia's second largest city, Kutaisi, the bloc of a former Georgian premier said on Friday.
Memorial human rights group resumes work in Chechnya
18:36 16/12/2009
Russian human rights group Memorial has resumed its activities in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, the director of the group said on Wednesday.
Georgian authorities demolish WWII memorial
18:16 16/12/2009
Authorities in Georgia's second largest city, Kutaisi, have started demolishing a memorial to WWII heroes in order to construct a parliament building.

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Georgian authorities demolish WWII memorial

Authorities in Georgia's second largest city, Kutaisi, demolish memorial to WWII heroes in order to construct a parliament building

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