Slovakia outlaws Communism, prohibits placement of monuments celebrating Communist or Nazi regimes
June 24th is declared the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Communist Regime
Stalin purges added to vast human cost of WWII
Between 41-42 Stalin uprooted ethnic minorities, such as Greeks, Finns etc., because he suspected them of being “potential Nazi collaborators”
Russia launches criminal investigation after Prague removes Soviet military statue
The statue to Marshal Ivan Konev is reviled by some in Prague as a symbol of the decades of Communist rule that followed the war
