Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on the 80th anniversary of the Red Army's liberation of the Nazi death camp. "We will always remember that it was the Soviet soldier who crushed this terrible,

MAD Vladimir Putin has been forced to pad out his pathetic parades with North Korean cannon fodder while Russian troops are being massacred on the frontline. Amongst the pomp, propaganda and

A source close to the Kremlin told Meduza, an independent Russian outlet, that Putin is expecting a "big guest" from the U.S. on May 9. The source didn't elaborate on who the official could be, but said Trump himself "would be fantastic."

The American leader has also threatened taxes, tariffs and sanctions on Russia if an agreement isn't made to end the war in Ukraine.

Doniecka, who goes to Auschwitz every year on the anniversary of its liberation, said that it was important for her to attend these events especially given she was in good health, unlike other survivors who were too ill or frail to travel.

It says the West had for years ignored Russia’s security concerns – a reference to the eastward expansion of the Nato military alliance, and to what the book described as the Western-backed toppling of a Russia-friendly Ukrainian president in 2014, which had turned Ukraine into an “aggressive anti-Russian bridgehead”.

World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by the Red Army.

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

Russian leader emphasizes Soviet role in defeating Nazi Germany

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivor Tova Friedman says she thought she was the "only Jewish child in the world".

I will do everything I can to oppose those who try to make those things forgotten and who capitalize on the Nazi sentiments still prevalent in our societies. The Austrian and German societies should actually be proud that they finally managed—however incompletely and flawed—to engage with this dark past in a serious way.