INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Leaders of Russias pro-Kremlin ruling party have advised members to publicly compare the war in Ukraine with a key World War II fight on its
80th anniversary today, the Kommersant company daily reported Tuesday.On Feb
2, 1943, Soviet soldiers effectively repelled Nazi soldiers and delivered Adolf Hitler his first surrender in the war in the then-named
The anniversary of the Soviet victory at Stalingrad comes nearly one year after Russia got into Ukraine.Recommendations sent to members of
the United Russia party in the lower-house State Duma this week urge them to mark the Stalingrad anniversary with social media posts
comparing the battle to Russias present military project in Ukraine, according to Kommersant
Like the Battle of Stalingrad 80 years earlier, [the war in Ukraine] is the frontier we cant back down from, United Russias recommendations
reportedly state.The defending Stalingrad declared as much as 2 million lives in 200 days of fighting from July 1942-February 1943
Soviet leader Josef Stalin, after whom the southern Russian city was named for almost 4 years, provided his soldiers rigorous not a single
action back orders at the risk of being shot
Kommersant kept in mind that United Russias recommendations reference the 2014 outbreak of a separatist war between Kyivs forces and
pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, composing: Stalingrad was protected for eight months, Donbas for 8 years
Todays events on the scale of repercussions will mean the exact same for Russia as during the Great Patriotic War [World War II]: the enemy
will run and well release our way to Victory, the recommendations were priced estimate as saying.Kommersant also reported that United
Russia members were prompted to assist Stalingrad veterans with home issues and to hold so-called lessons of courage in schools as part of
the anniversary events.Meanwhile, roadway indications at the entrance to contemporary Volgograd have been replaced with Stalingrad in
honor of the 80th anniversary ahead of President Vladimir Putins expected check out there.Russian authorities, including President Vladimir
Putin, have looked for to justify the intrusion of Ukraine by comparing Kyivs treatment of Russian speakers in Ukraine to the actions of
