INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Updated with historical context.Russian prosecutorsannounced Thursday that they have asked a court to recognize crimes committed by Nazi
archival documents and witness testimonies indicated that over 8,000 civilians and 18,000 Soviet prisoners of war were killed in more than
Both countries are members of the EU, whose relations with the Kremlin have plummeted since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.President
II atrocities committed by Nazi invaders across Soviet Russia
million Soviet citizens were estimated to have been killed in World War II, which Russia and some former Soviet republics refer to as the
Ukraine estimates it lost at least 8 million as part of the Soviet Union in that war.The conflict between Soviet Russia and Finland during
World War II, known as the Winter War (1939-1940) and the Continuation War (1941-1944), arose from Soviet territorial demands and the
subsequent Finnish resistance, leading to significant battles and occupations, particularly in the region of Karelia.
