Russian communists mark Stalin's death anniversary on Red Square

Record ID: 1604364

  • Title: Russian communists mark Stalin's death anniversary on Red Square
  • Date: 5th March 2021
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MARCH 5, 2021) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WITH RED FLAGS MARCHING ON RED SQUARE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER GENNADIY ZYUGANOV AND OTHERS TAKING HATS OFF SOVIET LEADER JOSEPH STALIN'S PORTRAIT SCULPTURE WITH RED CARNATIONS BELOW ZYUGANOV WITH CARNATIONS AMONG OTHERS ZYUGANOV ADJUSTING RIBBON ON WREATH PEOPLE WITH STALIN'S PORTRAIT WAITING THEIR TURN TO LAY FLOWERS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LAYING FLOWERS PEOPLE WITH RED FLAGS NEAR KREMLIN MEN WITH RED FLAG AND STALIN'S PORTRAIT RED FLAGS 11 (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOSCOW RESIDENT, ANTONINA (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING: "Stalin is the one who had conquered fascism. He gave freedom to all nations, united all nations. Stalin cast his mercy over every person." WOMAN WITH STALIN'S PORTRAIT (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOSCOW RESIDENT, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING: "I started to come (to Red square on Stalin's death anniversary) every year. At Soviet time I did not come, and now I am coming because we are leaving really bad. It is unknown will it be further such a country as Russia. And all because we have no military plants, no plants - no army, no army - no country. And that is scaring." VARIOUS OF STALIN'S PORTRAIT SCULPTURE WITH RED CARNATIONS BELOW
  • Embargoed: 19th March 2021 12:49
  • Keywords: Josef Stalin Russia Soviet Union communists death anniversary flowers laying
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA / YALTA, USSR
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA / YALTA, USSR
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001E2T4IMF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Dozens of people gathered on Friday (March 5) on Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 68th anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death.
    People brought flowers, Soviet flags and portraits of Stalin as part of a ceremony organised by the Russian Communist Party.
    Stalin, who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953, is widely reviled as a dictator responsible for millions of deaths.
    Although Stalin's rule was marked by mass repression, labour camps and famine, he is hailed as a hero by supporters across the former Soviet Union who say the country could not have defeated Nazi Germany or become a superpower without his leadership.
    Since former KBG officer Vladimir Putin came to power, Russia's beleaguered liberals have accused the Kremlin of helping to burnish Stalin's image in order to justify its own increasingly tight political control.
    (Production: Evgenia Novozhenina, Elena Ostrovskaya)
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