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A statue of Stalin is unveiled in the Moscow subway as Russia tries to revive the dictator’s legacy | World News

A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator. The sculpture shows Stalin surrounded by beaming workers and children with flowers. It was installed at the Taganskaya station to mark the 90th anniversary of […]

Assad Defaced: Syrians Destroy a Dictator’s Icons

As the rebels swept across Syria, symbols that had once seemed omnipresent collapsed. In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr. al-Assad’s brothers, Bassel al-Assad, on a horse was toppled. The horse remained.  In a village north of Damascus, the capital, a giant statue of the ousted leader’s father, former President Hafez al-Assad, was felled. […]