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Thousands make emotional trek to Chavez' tomb
Mar 17, 2013 02:10 EDT
Thousands of emotional supporters waited and wept after making a pilgrimage to the new tomb of former president Hugo Chavez, the face and leader of Latin America's left for over a decade.
Need to embalm a world leader? Call Russia
Mar 11, 2013 14:38 EDT
It's a process described as "not a pretty sight" that involves the extraction of all the blood from a corpse. But if Venezuela needs help embalming Hugo Chavez then Russia has expertise stretching back to Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.
Chavez follows Stalin, Mao, to waxy afterlife
Mar 08, 2013 14:27 EST
Hugo Chavez will enter a waxy afterlife when he is embalmed and put on permanent display in Venezuela, giving his backers a powerful propaganda tool to ensure his populist movement survives his death.
Lenin should leave Red Square: Kremlin rights chief
Mar 06, 2013 06:45 EST
Vladimir Lenin's body should be removed from Moscow's Red Square, along with the buried remains of Joseph Stalin and other Soviet officials, the chairman of the Kremlin's rights council said Wednesday.
Russia divided on Stalin 60 years after his death
Mar 05, 2013 10:21 EST
Russia on Tuesday marked 60 years since the death of Joseph Stalin with the nation divided about whether to view him as a tyrant who slaughtered millions or a saviour who turned the country into a superpower after World War II.
Stalin fails to inspire horror in Russia 60 years after death
Mar 03, 2013 18:45 EST
No wall plaque honours the victims of Josef Stalin's purges, who met their end in the execution cells of headquarters of the feared Soviet security services on Lubyanka Square in central Moscow.
Sydney welcomes in the New Year with a bang
Dec 31, 2012 09:14 EST
Spectacular fireworks exploded over Sydney in a blaze of light and colour Tuesday to ring in the New Year, as the city kicked off a wave of global celebrations from Dubai to London to welcome 2013.
World to welcome in New Year with a bang
Dec 31, 2012 02:50 EST
Sydney will on Monday kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.
World to welcome in New Year with a bang
Dec 30, 2012 22:54 EST
Sydney will Monday kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013 from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.
Russia to renovate Lenin's mausoleum
Dec 24, 2012 10:43 EST
The mausoleum for Russia's revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin must undergo major repair work after its foundation suffered water damage, the Kremlin said Monday.
Row after Putin compares Lenin body to holy relics
Dec 11, 2012 11:37 EST
Russia President Vladimir Putin came under criticism from rights activists on Tuesday after he compared Vladimir Lenin's embalmed corpse to the holy relics of Christian saints.
Russia bans 'extremist' Pussy Riot videos
Nov 29, 2012 10:59 EST
A Russian court on Thursday issued an order that would limit Internet access to videos of performances by punk band Pussy Riot, two of whose members are jailed, ruling the films to be extremist.
Russia bans access to Pussy Riot videos
Nov 29, 2012 06:04 EST
A Russian court issued an order Thursday to limit access to the videos of performances by the jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot, ruling the films to be extremist.
50 years since Solzhenitsyn's Gulag rocked USSR
Nov 16, 2012 11:55 EST
The Soviet Union 50 years ago allowed publication of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's landmark account of life in the Stalin prison camps "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", shocking readers by revealing a hitherto hidden horror.
Russian ultra-nationalists vow to drive Putin out of Kremlin
Nov 04, 2012 10:53 EST
Thousands of Russian ultra-nationalists marched through central Moscow Sunday vowing to drive Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin and accusing him of ignoring the rights of ethnic Slavs.
Russian ultra-nationalists vow to drive Putin out
Nov 04, 2012 08:52 EST
Thousands of Russian ultra-nationalists marched through central Moscow Sunday vowing to drive Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin and accusing him of ignoring the rights of ethnic Slavs.
Freed Pussy Riot member fights for jailed bandmates
Oct 20, 2012 23:21 EDT
Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich, freed on appeal after several months in jail, is in daily contact with her two jailed bandmates -- and still fighting for their release.
Zuckerberg in Moscow to boost Facebook's presence
Oct 01, 2012 09:09 EDT
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was Monday in Moscow on a visit the government believes should stimulate innovation in Russia and the social network hopes will boost its position in the Russian market.
Pussy Riot members announce new protest
Sep 13, 2012 14:23 EDT
Russia's Pussy Riot punk group plans a new protest in Russia despite the jailing of three of its members for a performance against Vladimir Putin in an Orthodox cathedral, band members said Thursday.
Moscow sells historic Metropol hotel for $277 million
Aug 30, 2012 10:21 EDT
Moscow on Thursday sold off for $277 million its landmark Hotel Metropol near the Kremlin, an iconic Art Nouveau building where Lenin once gave speeches and stars like Michael Jackson have stayed.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow* | |
|---|---|
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  Russian Federation |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv, vi |
| Reference | 545 |
| Region** | Europe |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1990 (14th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO. | |
