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20 February 2012 Last updated at 05:47 ET Russians go to the polls on 4 March to elect a president to replace Dmitry Medvedev. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is widely predicted to win the race, and with it a third term in office. In his latest report ahe
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The comments below have been moderated in advance. Thank you Trevor Phillips! I don't think he is attacking Christianity at all, he's just pointing out a few equality and fairness issues (his job) that need addressing and he is completely right. If you w
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Posted on Feb 17, 2012 By Richard Reeves LOS ANGELES—Andrew Breitbart, the publisher of Breitbart.com and a couple of other popular websites, set the tone for a program at the University of Southern California last Wednesday by calling George Stephanopou
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. WASHINGTON -- Three Democrats walked out of a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on religious liberty and the birth control rule on Thursday to protest
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MSNBC's Martin Bashir issued some extremely harsh words for Rick Santorum on Tuesday, comparing the GOP candidate to Joseph Stalin and Big Brother from the novel "1984." In his "Clear the Air" segment, Bashir said that watching Santorum speak before a cr
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This book is about Joseph Stalin’s personality cult—where it came from, how it changed over time, and how it was made. In spite of its subject matter, I hope the reader will find the book also beautiful—it focuses on visual culture and has a lot of pictu
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Did he mention Obama’s launched the latest instantiation of the Ministry of Truth? How about some REAL NEWS from AMERICAN SOURCES? This is Obama’s work. He and his administration know that the words 1984 and st
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Ten-year-old Jackson Hinkle, of Nashua, spoke quietly but forcefully to legislators Tuesday, outlining his thoughts against teaching evolution as a theory in New Hampshire public schools. Hinkle, a student at Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, was among
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Ultra liberal Martin Bashir hit a new low on Tuesday, outrageously comparing Rick Santorum to mass-murdering dictator Joseph Stalin. In a fit of vitriol, the MSNBC anchor also connected the Republican to George Orwell's Big Brother from 1984. However, th
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A Moscow court dismissed on Tuesday a libel suit filed by Stalin’s grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvili against the State Duma, which approved a declaration blaming the Soviet leader for the 1940 Katyn massacre, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. More than 2
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Former Soviet tyrant Joseph Stalin wrote in one letter to his wife Nadya, while she was away from him seeking treatment for headaches in Germany, "I miss you so much Tatochka. The father of fascism, Benito Mussolini, wr
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At the end of the Second World War, the United States, the emerging superpower, took some time to realise that it had been fooled by Joseph Stalin's USSR. The two countries fought Nazi Germany together, but after the victory, the USSR grabbed as much ter
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In a recent piece for Washington Post, columnist Ezra Klein referred to President Obama as a “moderate president in an immoderate time.” In contrast with conservatives (and some liberals) who think Obama is too ideologically rigid, many like Klein believ
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MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, the culture war over contraception and the church that sparked a political firestorm. FMR. SEN. RICK SANTORUM (R-PA): It's not about contraception. It's about economic liberty , it's about freedom of speech , it's about f
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Do you recall when Boris Yeltsin had his tank top moment back in the hot summer of 1991? I don’t mean he was caught wearing a tank-top, though I wouldn’t have put that past him, I mean he actually stood on top of a tank. He did this to face down a coup l
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Attention City Hall: If you're going to tease voters with promises of a “Transit Showdown,” then here's a thought – have an actual Transit Showdown. Here's another idea: Sell tickets. I suggest the following: City Hall – Council Chamber. A gong is struck
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Johan Persson Handle with care: Eddie Redmayne in “Richard II” at the Donmar Warehouse. HE’S trapped up there, isn’t he, that man on the stage in the throne? Embodied by Eddie Redmayne, the title character of “Richard II” is seated, eyes closed, in full
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‘Your excellency, dear Dr. [Bouthaina] Sha’aban I hope this letter finds you well. Please be assured of my warmest fraternal greetings always. I am writing on behalf of Viva Palestina whose world-wide family of solidarity organizations... will soon be se
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One day a while back, I received a pretty random text message from my brother who was featured in my last article. Bryce says to me, “If you got a basketball team together of Osama bin Laden, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein and Joseph Stal
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Some countries can be read like a manageable road map. It's easy to figure out where you are, learn about the history and politics, and navigate from one dot to another. Lithuania is not one of these. With its history of political twists and turns, domin
About Joseph Stalin
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Joseph Stalin (born December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. In the years following Lenin's death in 1924, he rose to become the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union. Full Article
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (L) listens to his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski (R) as he speaks to a gathering of Ukrainians and Poles on November 28, 2011 at the Bykivnia graves memorial near Kiev to commemorate the massacre of thousands of people including Polish military...
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski reacts at Bykivnia Graves memorial, near Kiev, in the forest where Stalin's secret services buried several dozen thousand executed, including Polish officers, during memorial ceremony on November 28, 2011. Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych (out...
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (2nd R) and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski (R) attend a memorial ceremony on November 28, 2011 at the Bykivnia Graves memorial, near Kiev, in the forest where Stalin's secret services buried several thousands executed, including Polish officers...
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (R) speaks as his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski (L) listens to him on November 28, 2011 at the Bykivnia Graves memorial, near Kiev, in the forest where Stalin's secret services buried several thousands executed, including Polish officers,...
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Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych (2R) and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski (R) pay respect at Bykivnia Graves memorial, near Kiev, in the forest where Stalin's secret services buried several dozen thousand executed, including Polish officers, during memorial ceremony on November...
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People visit a grave site of mass Stalin-era executions in Kuropaty on the outskirts of capital Minsk, on October 30, 2011. A few hundred people gathered to commemorate the victims of Soviet-era political repression, marking the Day of the Dead.
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A woman squats on the grass next to a cross at a grave site of mass Stalin-era executions in Kuropaty on the outskirts of capital Minsk, on October 30, 2011. A few hundred people gathered to commemorate the victims of Soviet-era political repression, marking the Day of the Dead.
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Belarus opposition activists hold their flags as they stand a grave site of mass Stalin-era executions in Kuropaty on the outskirts of capital Minsk, on October 30, 2011. A few hundred people gathered to commemorate the victims of Soviet-era political repression, marking the Day of the...
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Belarus opposition activists carry wooden crosses, their flags and portraits of jailed opposition leaders, including former presidential election candidate Andrei Sannikov (R), as the march to a grave site of mass Stalin-era executions in Kuropaty on the outskirts of capital Minsk, on...
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Belarus opposition activists carry wooden crosses and their flags as the march to a grave site of mass Stalin-era executions in Kuropaty on the outskirts of capital Minsk, on October 30, 2011. A few hundred people gathered to commemorate the victims of Soviet-era political repression,...
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A collection of portraits and busts of Stalin and Mao Zedong, is on exhibit 18 April 2005 prior to the auction of French auctioneer Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr of Soviet and Chinese Communist propaganda items, books, posters, medals and sculptures at the Drouot Auction House in Paris.
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Geogian children look at a bust of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as they visit a museum on December 21, 2011 to mark the 132th anniversary of his birth in his native town of Gori, some 80 kms frome Tbilisi. While historians blame Stalin for the deaths of millions in purges, prison camps...
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Communist Party members and supporters hold a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and red flags as they mark on December 21, 2011 the 132th anniversary of his birth in his native town of Gori, some 80 kms frome Tbilisi. While historians blame Stalin for the deaths of millions in...
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A Georgian man holds a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a rally marking Stalin's 132nd birthday anniversary in his home town of Gori, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011.
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Communist party members and supporters walk in the Red Square in Moscow, on December 21, 2011, to visit to Joseph Stalin's tomb to pay tribute to the Soviet dictator’s birth 132th anniversary. While historians blame Stalin for the deaths of millions in purges, prison camps and forced...
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The monument to Josef Stalin is seen at his garve near the Kremlin wall in Moscow on 22 June, 2011. Russia marked 70 years since the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, haunted by a growing realisation in society that Stalin had been caught disastrously unprepared for the attack.
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Russian communist party supporter lays flowers at Stalin's grave near the Kremlin wall in Moscow on 22 June, 2011. Russia marked 70 years since the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, haunted by a growing realisation in society that Stalin had been caught disastrously...
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Russian communist party leader Gennady Zuganov looks at Stalin's monument at his garve near the Kremlin wall in Moscow on 22 June, 2011. Russia on Wednesday marked 70 years since the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, haunted by a growing realisation in society that Stalin...
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A cameraman films a painting of communist ideologists (L-R) Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before the start of the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism, Hungarians...
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A gallery employee adjusts a painting of communist ideologists (L-R) Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before starting the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism,...
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Ukrainian communists hold a placard of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during the rally on Independence Square in Kiev on November 7, 2011. People marched in the Ukrainian capital to mark the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 that brought the Bolsheviks to power.
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Orthodox priests conduct a service to commemorate the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's regime at a mass grave in Kuropaty on the outskirts of Minsk, October 30, 2011. Local media said a group of activists on Sunday marched from Minsk to a mass grave in Kuropaty, on the...
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A man holds a portrait of imprisoned former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov during a rally commemorating the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's regime, in Minsk October 30, 2011. Local media said dozens of activists on Sunday marched from Minsk to a mass grave in...
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People hold portraits of former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and other imprisoned opposition activists during a rally commemorating the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's regime, in Minsk October 30, 2011. Local media said dozens of activists on Sunday marched from...
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Russian communist party supporter shouts as he wears a Josef Stalin picture during a rally near the Kremlin in Moscow on December 18, 2011. Russia's Communist party supporters gather for demonstration against the results of December 4 Parliament elections.
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