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The Red Square mausoleum where his embalmed corpse lies in an open sarcophagus is no longer a near-mandatory pilgrimage but a site of macabre kitsch, open only 15 hours a week. The ideology that Lenin championed and spread over a vast territory is something of a sideshow in modern Russia. “As a result of Bolshevik policy, Soviet Ukraine arose, which even today can with good reason be called ‘Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s Ukraine.' The Mayakovsky poem that proclaimed Lenin's immortality was “a parting word, or a spell, or a curse,” Rudakov said. At the annual military parade through Red Square, the structure is blocked from view by a tribune where dignitaries watch the festivities.

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Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin delivers a speech during a ceremony unveiling the monument to founder of the Soviet secret police Felix Dzerzhinsky at the service's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, September 11, 2023. Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A bronze statue of "Iron Felix" Dzerzhinsky, the ruthless founder of the Soviet secret police and architect of the Red Terror which followed the 1917 revolution, was unveiled on Monday at the headquarters of Russia's foreign spy service. Sergei Naryshkin, the chief of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), successor to the KGB's famed First Chief Directorate, marked the unveiling of the statue outside its Yasenevo headquarters in southern Moscow. Dzerzhinsky towered above Naryshkin, Putin's 68-year-old spy master, who stood with a group of other men - many of them unknown. The statue at the SVR looks remarkably similar to the one that once stood on Lubyanka Square.

Persons: Sergei Naryshkin, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Felix, Dzerzhinsky, Josef Stalin, Vladimir Putin's, Naryshkin, Nikita Petrov, Vladimir Lenin's, Lenin's, Putin, Guy Faulconbridge, Gareth Jones, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Foreign Intelligence Service, Russian Federation, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Reuters, Russian, Commission, Cheka, State Political Directorate, State Political, NKVD, Internal Affairs, KGB, Federal Security Service, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Vladimir Putin's Russia, Poland, Soviet Union, Dzerzhinsky, Soviet

☆ Mourners in Moscow wept for Yevgeny Prigozhin, comparing him to Lenin and Stalin. It shows how the mercenary leader's popularity endures even after he clashed with Putin.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Moscow to mourn the death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin, who led a mutiny against Russia's military, was killed last week after a jet crashed outside Moscow. The public mourning of Prigozhin shows how his popularity endures even after clashing with Russian President Vladimir Putin. People pay tribute to late head of Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, on August 27, 2023. Even some Wagner fighters appeared at the makeshift memorial to pay their respects to Prigozhin.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Heartbroken grievers, —, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA, Alyona, didn't, Lenin, Stalin, Sergei Organizations: Service, Wagner Group, New York Times, Getty, Times, Kremlin Locations: Moscow, Wall, Silicon, AFP

☆ Denise Mina: What I Learned By Stepping Into Raymond Chandler’s Shoes - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Denise Mina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Marlowe is, of course, the most famous creation of Raymond Chandler, perhaps the most famous of American crime novelists. On the one hand, there is his glorious writing, his blue-collar heroes and the occasional profound observations about the human experience. It takes a strong stomach to read a story in which a woman needs a slap to calm her down. Crime fiction was, and is, anti-feminist. Chandler may have been a misogynist, but he definitely lived in misogynist times, and his fiction reflects that.

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☆ Ukraine gets rid of Soviet symbols on Motherland monument in Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Workers mount a Ukrainian national emblem to the shield of the 'Motherland' monument replacing the Soviet one, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of the World War II museum in Kyiv, Ukraine August 6, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoKYIV, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Workers installed Ukraine's national trident on an iconic monument depicting the Motherland in Kyiv on Sunday, replacing old Soviet symbols in one of the most visible examples of breaking away from the past and Moscow's influence. Originally, the shield bore the Soviet Union's coat of arms - a crossed hammer and sickle surrounded by ears of wheat. Kyiv says the invasion appears to be an imperial mission to recreate the Soviet Union. Ukraine outlawed Soviet symbols in 2015, the year after Russia annexed Crimea and backed separatist proxies in the country’s east.

Persons: decommunize, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Lenin, John McCain, Olena Harmash, Yurii, Pavel Polityuk, Frances Kerry Organizations: Workers, REUTERS, KYIV, Soviet Union, European Union, Soviet, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Soviet, Ukraine, Kyiv, Valentyn, Dnipro, Russian, Soviet Union, Russia, Crimea, U.S

NUCLEAR WEAPONS? Amid today's Ukraine war, the biggest land war in Europe since 1945, the town is again being enclosed by the tentacles of distant tumult. "No one is ever going to tell you where the tactical nuclear weapons are stationed - you should understand that," Kasinsky said. He repeatedly refused to confirm or deny whether the nuclear weapons were outside Osipovichi. "You should not try to make some sort of horror story out of the tactical nuclear weapons," said Kasinsky.

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☆ A new law allows Putin to draft Russians via an online portal — even if they don't have an account. It 'brings the digital Gulag much, much closer,' critics say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A new law allows Russian conscripts to be notified of their military service via government portal. Critics say the move creates "a digital system of social control" akin to a virtual Gulag labor camp. The new conscription law, she wrote, "brings the Digital Gulag much, much closer." What is the Digital Gulag? With the digital registry and harsh punishments for noncompliance, "the government wants to create a digital system of social control by regulating individual access to rights and benefits," Stanovaya wrote.

☆ GOP senators defend Clarence Thomas' billionaire benefactor's Nazi memorabilia collection: 'Harlan Crow's a terrific person'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The GOP megadonor also keeps Nazi artifacts at his Dallas home, where he's hosted fundraisers. In interviews with Insider at the Capitol on Tuesday, several of them defended the Republican megadonor amid broad scrutiny of his taste in historical artifacts. The Texas senator argued that the media is "deliberately" mischaracterizing the nature of Crow's collection in order to tarnish Justice Thomas' reputation. 'He's not a drug dealer or cocaine trafficker'Crow also collects other historical artifacts, including thousands of documents, books, and historical artifacts pertaining to American history. But when asked about Crow's Nazi memorabilia and dictator sculptures, Ernst said she had "no idea" about it.

[1/5] An employee works at the Chisinau-1 gas distribution plant of Moldovatransgaz energy company in Chisinau, Moldova March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Vladislav CuliomzaCHISINAU, March 10 (Reuters) - A coup attempt, bomb hoaxes, internet hacks, fake conscription call-ups, mass protests: Moldova says it's had them all in the past year. Moldova hosts the breakaway statelet of Transnistria - a sliver of land running along its eastern border with Ukraine that's controlled by pro-Russian separatists and garrisoned by Russian troops. FAKE CONSCRIPTION NOTICESMounting tensions between Moscow and the West over Ukraine have raised the temperature in Moldova. RUSSIAN TROOPS IN TRANSNISTRIAAn estimated 1,500 Russian troops are stationed in Transnistria, most of them recruited locally from Transnistrians with Russian passports.

☆ Ukrainians Target Pushkin in Drive Against Russian Influence
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Oksana Grytsenko | Photographs Serhii Korovayny For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A monument honoring Russian poet Alexandr Pushkin in Kyiv, Ukraine, was removed last year. KYIV, Ukraine—When Russia first attacked Ukraine in 2014, Vadym Pozdnyakov was among a crowd that toppled a statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in the city of Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. Now, nearly a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion, he is leading a campaign with a new target: monuments to 19th-century Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin.

☆ Putin's war in Ukraine looks more and more like a failure. Past Russian leaders haven't survived similar mistakes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Joy Neumeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Instead, Russia's failing war effort has raised doubts about Putin's hold on power. For now, Putin looks secure, but past Russian leaders have suffered at home for blunders abroad. By the following summer, the Germans had taken huge swathes of Russian-controlled territory and a million Russian soldiers were dead. Captured Russian soldiers after the defeat at Tannenberg, in present-day Poland, on August 30, 1914. After an ineffectual troop surge, Gorbachev gave up on trying to improve the situation, and the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989.

☆ Morning Bid: U-turn sparks huge turn
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Take Britain, where a government budget on Friday sparked a run on the pound and gilts, accelerated the downdraft across world markets, before prompting an astonishing policy U-turn from the Bank of England on Wednesday. This unleashed a wave of buying across British assets - the 30-year gilt yield sank a record 100 basis points and sterling rose 1.5% - and triggered a pent-up recovery across world markets. The relief was palpable: world stocks and the S&P 500 snapped six-day losing streaks, with the S&P 500 jumping around 2%. Its tinkering at the edges seems to have failed, so will it soon have to take more forceful action to support the yuan? They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ Factbox: Russia prepares to formally annex 15% of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Sergei PivovarovLONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin is preparing to formally annex around 15% of Ukrainian territory after referendums on joining Russia in areas controlled by Russian forces or Russian-backed separatists. The United States is prepared to impose additional economic costs on Russia in conjunction with U.S. allies if Moscow moves forward with annexing portions of Ukrainian territory, the White House said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had received sophisticated air defence systems, known as National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), from the United States. Taken together, Russia would be annexing at least 90,000 square km of Ukrainian territory. With Crimea and the territory in the four other areas, Russia would have annexed at least one fifth of Ukrainian territory.

☆ Petru Gîlcă, alias Micu, declarații exclusiviste: Cum îl știu pe Lenin, așa și pe Plahotniuc. Acest Alexei umblă cu povești aberante despre grupări și sperietori
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Igor Dodon | ) unimedia.info time to read: +2 min

Așa cum îl știu pe Vladimir Lenin, așa și pe Vladimir Plahotniuc. Ei au construit atunci celule speciale fără geamuri, fără wc, fără aer, pline cu șobolani și m-au furat și m-au ținut închis acolo, absolut pe nedrept, ei nu sunt oameni, mi-au distrus viața și sănătatea”, a adăugat Gîlcă. A fost un moment când și acest Alexei, pe care personal nu-l cunosc, a cerut de la mine o mașină blindată, pentru că eu aveam una. Din mine au făcut o sperietoare oameni ca Alexei și tot felul de politicieni. Așa că mai bine doamne ferește de așa oameni în politică, el a rămas acolo în anii aceia, când tot ei furau oameni.

Persons: Vladimir Plahotniuc, Vladimir Lenin, Alexei, Alexei ., Micu, Croitor, Zelionîi, Nicolae Alexei Organizations: Curtea Locations: Rusia

☆ Țâcu: Felicit fracțiunea PSRM cu ocazia zilei de naștere a lui Lenin; Greceanâi: Nu întindeți vorba degeaba
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

Sursa foto: jurnal.mdȚâcu: Felicit fracțiunea PSRM cu ocazia zilei de naștere a lui Lenin; Greceanâi: Nu întindeți vorba degeabaDe ziua de naștere a lui Vladimir Lenin, deputatul Octavian Țâcu a ținut să transmită un mesaj de felicitare deputaților socialiști. „Țin să felicită fracțiunea PSRM cu ocazia zilei de naștere a liderului lor spiritual Vladimir Ilici Lenin. Sunteți cu toții niște reprezentanți de marcă ai ideilor leniniste”, a spus Octavian Țâcu în plenul Parlamentului. „Stimați colegi, nu întindeți vorba degeaba, vă rog mult”, a spus Greceanâi. Precizăm că Vladimir Ilici Lenin, întemeietorul Uniunii Sovietice, s-a născut la 22 aprilie 1870.

Persons: Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Octavian Țâcu, Vladimir Ilici Lenin, Octavian, Zinaida Locations: Uniunii Sovietice

☆ Aglomeraţie la mausoleul lui Lenin în prima zi de la redeschidere. Sute de oameni au stat la rând pentru a vizita clădirea emblematică
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Aglomeraţie la mausoleul lui Lenin în prima zi de la redeschidere. Sute de oameni au stat la rând pentru a vizita clădirea emblematică închisă în luna noiembrie anul trecut din cauza pandemiei de coronavirus. Vizitatorii trebuie să poarte măşti sanitare, să păstreze distanţa socială, iar la intrare le este verificată temperatura. Vladimir Lenin, conducătorul revoluției bolșevice din Imperiul Ţarist, a fost primul prim-ministru al Uniunii Sovietice. El a murit în 1924 în urma unui atac cerebral.

Persons: Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Uniunii Sovietice . El Locations: Imperiul Ţarist, Uniunii Sovietice

☆ (foto) Viorel Sîrghii, profesor ASEM, despre pasiunea sa pentru comorile trecutului
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

Viorel Sîrghii, doctor în drept, conferenţiar universitar, Departamentul Drept - ASEM, este protagonistul unei noi file a proiectului „Să ne cunoaştem profesorii”. E un radiou care pe timpuri a fost un mare deficit, iar bunelul se mândrea că îl avea și asculta la el Radio Europa Liberă. Pe atunci, multe mărfuri de uz casnic, mobilă, automobile constituiau deficit în Uniunea Sovietică și procurarea acestora era aproape imposibilă, însă, odată achiziţionate, făceau fericită orice familie. Aşadar, de la radioul bunelului a început totul, iar acum 8 ani, am hotărât să adun mai multe lucruri care reflectă timpurile epocii sovietice. Este un proiect de suflet, dedicat bunelului meu, de la care a început totul şi care a avut în proprietate o asemenea motocicletă.

Persons: Viorel, Viorel Sîrghii, Vladimir Lenin Organizations: Academia, Studii, Moldovei, Radio Europa Liberă Locations: ASEM, Anenii Noi, ULIM, URSS, sovietică, Republica Moldova, Uniunea Sovietică, Chișinău, URAL

Odată cu împărțirea influenței în Polonia, Hitler și Stalin au devenit și mai apropiați, creând un hotar comun. „Tancul БТ a fost proiectat de George Christie, inginer american care nu a fost recunoscut la el în țară. Germania nu a fost singurul stat agresor, iar Uniunea Sovietică nu a fost victimă. După mine, latura umană a istoriei, evoluția culturii sau dezvoltarea tehnicii și a științelor e mult mai interesantă decât războaiele. Cine a început Al Doilea Război Mondial?”, care a fost tradusă în peste 50 de limbi.

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