Category - soviet union

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2 Jul 2009

Hungary recalls end of Iron Curtain with mixed emotions

Hungary has marked the 20th anniversary of a symbolic opening of the Iron Curtain, which once separated it from neighbouring Austria, amid warnings from churches that Europe remains divided.
16 Jul 2008

Kazakh churches say draft law harks back to Soviet era

Christian churches in Kazakhstan have condemned a new draft law on religions, which they say will re-impose Soviet-style restrictions in a country where Islam has the largest number of followers.
2 Nov 2007

Stalin's victims remembered at site of church used for killing field

President Putin has attended a memorial service conducted by Patriarch Aleksei II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, at a church built near a Soviet police secret killing field, to commemorate the victims of Josef Stalin.