(Adds Putin vetoing the bill, paragraphs 9-10) By Christian Lowe MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened on Friday to stop his own supporters removing the Communist ...
KYIV, Ukraine -- The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv -- one of the nation's most recognizable landmarks -- lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era ...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A Belarusian man was not allowed to enter Lithuania in his Porsche because a hammer-and-sickle — the indelible symbol of the Soviet Union — was stickered on the car’s hood.