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Russia urges West to condemn all pre-WWII deals with Nazis

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on a working visit to Poland

21:55 01/09/2009

Russia expects other countries to admit that all prewar deals with the Nazis were morally wrong, the Russian prime minister said on Tuesday.

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Restored WWII tank unveiled in St. Petersburg
11:40 19/01/2009
The only restored WWII-era KV-1 heavy tank has been placed in front of the Museum of Lifting the Siege of Leningrad.

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Kaliningrad ‘minefields’: a WWII throwback
16:29 07/07/2009
In Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, over 1 million unexploded shells still remain in the area following World War II. The regional Duma is expecting support from Germany, Great Britain and the United States in the disposal of these latent bombs.

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