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He is remembered for his reports smuggled out of a Nazi jail.
The statue stands in a Prague cemetery near the graves of Red Army soldiers who gave their lives to liberate Czechoslovakia from the Nazis.
The funds to erect it were raised by journalists in a number of European and post-Soviet countries.
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Pavel Danilin, a Russian political analyst, has commented on the Woolwich murder. He said the policy of multiculturalism has “almost outlived its natural lifespan,” a tendency that became clear as early as in the 2000s, when the UK was shaken by a series of terror attacks followed by clashes, pogroms, arsons and nationalist sentiments.
An FBI agent shot Tamerlan Tsarnaev-linked triple murder suspect Ibragim Todashev in Florida, allegedly after the suspect attacked him with a knife. But it is still unclear why before questioning agents haven’t strip-searched him.
According to the UK officials, Woolwich terrorists were ‘lone wolves’ in a sense that it is unlikely that they had any links to terror groups based in Nigeria, such as the jihadist militant organisation Boko Haram. Nonetheless, it seems that the two men who are currently treated in London hospitals can be much more closely related to Boko Haram than the British government assumes.
According to the UK officials, Woolwich terrorists were ‘lone wolves’ in a sense that it is unlikely that they had any links to terror groups based in Nigeria, such as the jihadist militant organisation Boko Haram. Nonetheless, it seems that the two men who are currently treated in London hospitals can be much more closely related to Boko Haram than the British government assumes.
In the wake of Woolwich massacre Voice of Russia’s Tim Ecott spoke to terrorism expert Raffaello Pantucci, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, UK, who has shared his thoughts on the incident and on those who stand behind it.
Prime Minister David Cameron meets his top advisers to urgently address potential security implications following the murder in Woolwich on Wednesday.
British authorities were quick to label Wednesday's bizarre attack on a soldier in London as an act of terrorism. The reason was simple – the perpetrators were Muslims and one of them issued a video statement declaring that this was "an eye for an eye" response to the U.K.'s policy in the Muslim world. Adding to the controversy, a maverick British MP compared the murder to what the U.K is doing in Syria. In fact, this may sound true – at least for some extent, since it has become the West's usual practice to breed all kinds of terrorists the world over and later be backfired at on their own soil.
The two terror suspects being held under armed guard at hospitals in London were both known to security services, Government sources say.
On Wednesday, the London Symphony Orchestra and its acclaimed chief conductor Valery Gergiev of Russia received a 15-minute standing ovation at the end of a concert at the Barbican Center in the British capital.
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On May 23 a grand auto race begins in Kaliningrad. Its participants will go as far as Vladivostok and return back to Kaliningrad making stops on the way in large Russian cities. The goal of the auto race is to enliven the exposition activity in the country. On the path of the race each city and region will be able to present its exposition capabilities and investment potential.
In 2045 Russia’s robots will defeat Brazil’s national team, specialists of the Russian “Android Technics” Company that produces a large variety of robotic devices are certain on that score. At the innovation forum in Tomsk, INNOVUS -2013, they presented their model of a cyber football player – to be more exact, his feet and a control system. A correspondent of the Voice of Russia was watching attentively the first steps of the “budding star”.
Ford Motor Co (F.N) announced it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016.
The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a memorandum applying for observer status in the Customs Union, a Moscow-based trade bloc comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said.
This year is likely to bring a draft agreement, first proposed in 2008, for the EU countries to share information about interest accrued on deposits held in banks.
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
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After travelling 900 km through the Arctic ice desert, Russian explorers Fyodor Konyukhov and Viktor Simonov have set foot on the Canadian coast.
Woolwich attack: Terror suspects 'known to security services'
