As alert Wings readers will know, we’re fond of a WW2 analogy from time to time. The conflict is so extensively documented, ...

A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson says that Moscow demands that Germany pay compensation to all survivors of the Siege of Leningrad in World War II, and not just a few of them. Afghan Voice ...

The documentary screening took place at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture to commemorate the Siege of Leningrad. The siege, also called the Blockade of Leningrad, was a military seizure of ...

(250128) -- ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Flowers are laid to mourn the victims who died during the Siege of Leningrad at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the 81st anniversary of the breaking the siege of Leningrad (present-day St Petersburg) on Monday, handing out commemorative medals to veterans of the war. The ...

The Russian president took part in a commemorative ceremony and met living veterans of the Second World War Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the 81st anniversary of the breaking the siege of ...

The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the 900-Day Siege, was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, lasting for 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944, during ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia's St. Petersburg commemorated the 81st anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad on Monday with a series of solemn events, including flower ...

Events dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade were held in Ashgabat. A meeting with Galina Mamedova, a resident of besieged Leningrad, was ...