14.11.09 | Diaries of 'the man who knew too much' go on show
The diaries of a heroic British reporter who sacrificed his reputation, and perhaps his life, to expose Stalin&#146s 'terror famine' in Soviet Ukraine are to go on public display for the first time
06.11.09 | Rivne honours the memory of Jews murdered by the Nazis
A ceremony has been held in Rivne in memory of the Jews shot on the outskirts of the regional centre by the Nazis. 68 years ago, during the space of two days 17.5 thousand Jews brought from the Rivne Ghetto were executed in the Sosonki Clearing
29.10.09 | Remembering the Victims
On Moscow&#146s Lubyanka Square throughout the day people are taking part in the annual act of remembrance 'Return of the names' reading out the names of victims of repression.
26.10.09 | Your voice can help stop the prosecution of Arkhangelsk historians and archive workers
It is vital that historians and other scholars demonstrate solidarity and prevent a serious set back to the reinstatement of historical truth and remembrance of the victims of repression in Russia
23.10.09 | Moscow Chief Architect wants monument to Stalin restored
Alexander Kuzmin, Moscow&#146s Chief Architect considers that the phrase glorifying Stalin reinstated in August this year in the Kurskaya Circle Line metro station should remain, and that the monument to Stalin should also be reinstated
22.10.09 | Words glorifying Stalin may be removed from the Moscow metro
The Moscow Heritage Department has called the restoration of the Kurskaya Circle Metro Station, together with words glorifying Stalin, 'unacceptable' in a letter addressed to the organization 'For Human Rights
08.10.09 | Kyiv Council formally cancels hotel plan at Babi Yar
The very suggestion that any hotel could be built in this place was monstrous, and aroused outrage within Ukraine and abroad
06.10.09 | Lviv Museum - Prison 'Tyurma na Lontskoho' must not be under the auspices of the SBU
Prominent Lviv academics, historians and public figures stress that this place of remembrance and research about the past must not depend on political factors, ideological orientation or the personal views of people in high-ranking public posts (the appeal is open for signatures)
29.09.09 | Halya Coynash / Kyiv hotels and questions not asked
The very idea that the authorities could build a hotel at Babi Yar, a place where tens of thousands of people were murdered can arouse only sick outrage - and the urgent demand that the information be checked. There were few such public demands and the media worked in cut & paste mode
16.09.09 | Memorial: On the Seventieth Anniversary of 17 September 1939
The Pact between Stalin and Hitler and the subsequent events - the invasion of Poland, first by the Wehrmacht and then by the Red Army - are among the most shameful pages of Europe&#146s history.

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