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9, was sparked again by a group letter from 24 war veterans."We demand the media halt insinuations over issues of historic truth in the festive decorating of Moscow, slanderous attacks against the Moscow government and veteran organizations," the letter said.
They accused television and other media of portraying too many anti-Stalinists who, in their opinion, distort the historic truth and lead to the disintegration of the Russian society.
Earlier, Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev condemned plans for decorating Russian cities with Stalin"s portraits. "I have my own position - I am totally against the appearance of Stalin"s pictures ahead of Victory Day," he told Ekho Moskvy radio.
On May 25, the Communist Party of the southeast Ukrainian city of Zaporozhie announced that a monument to Stalin would be put up ahead of May 9 Victory Day celebrations in the country.
Stalin"s role during WWII has been the subject of intense debate in
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