Moscow – Putin Marks Auschwitz Liberation To Press Points On Ukraine

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony, marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz which was freed by the Red Army soldiers, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow, January 27, 2015. REUTERSMoscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz to press the Russian points on Ukraine.

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    Putin, who was absent from Tuesday’s commemorations in Poland because of a deep strain between Russia and the West over Ukraine, visited the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow where he talked about Ukrainian nationalists’ collaboration with the Nazis in killing Jews during World War II.

    Putin also used the anniversary to accuse the Ukrainian authorities of “killing civilian population in Donetsk and Luhansk in cold blood.”

    Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine has left more than 5,100 people dead since April. Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of backing the rebels with troops and weapons — charges it denies.
    Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and head of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, Alexander Boroda, attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, which was liberated by the Red Army soldiers, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow, January 27, 2015. REUTERS


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    5TResident
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    9 years ago

    The Russians made a deal with the Devil in World War II and paid a very, very heavy price. Over 20 million Russians died in World War II. The war could not have been won without them.