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Russia celebrates the 65th anniversary of the end of the second World War on May 9th. However, the Moscow Advertising Committee's to mark the event with billboards featuring Josef Stalin has caused considerable rancour.

Russian journalist Grigory Revzin, speaking in a video message on snob.ru, is not happy. He has harsh words for Russia's older generation who may be sympathetic to Stalin's rule:

Π’ΠΎΡ‡Π½ΠΎ Ρ‚Π°ΠΊ ΠΆΠ΅, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ господина Π”ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΈΡ… Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎ оскорбляСт ΡˆΠ°ΡˆΠ»Ρ‹Ρ‡Π½Π°Ρ «АнтисовСтская», мСня Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎ оскорбляСт ΠΏΠΎΡ€Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅Ρ‚ Π‘Ρ‚Π°Π»ΠΈΠ½Π°, Π²Ρ‹Π²Π΅ΡˆΠ΅Π½Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ ΠΏΠΎ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠ°Ρ‚ΠΈΠ²Π΅, ΠΈ иск Π±ΡƒΠ΄Π΅Ρ‚ Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎ ΠΊ Π½Π΅ΠΌΡƒ. Π’Π΅Π΄ΡŒ ΠΌΡ‹ Π·Π½Π°Π΅ΠΌ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ это Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠ°Ρ‚ΠΈΠ²Π°. Π£ всСх Π΅ΡΡ‚ΡŒ родствСнники, ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹Π΅ пострадали ΠΎΡ‚ рСпрСссий.

Stalin's position in Russian history is not a new debate. news article from 2009 describes how the authorities in the city of Voronezh ordered the Communist KPRF party to remove 10 of the pictured signs. The writing on poster reads: "130 Years since Stalin's birthday 1870 -- 2000. Victory will be ours"

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