Posted on 09/02/2009 2:58:22 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The grandson of Joseph Stalin has begun a libel suit against one of Russia's leading liberal newspapers, accusing it of lying in an article that stated the wartime leader had killed Soviet citizens.
As the Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, defended Stalin's reputation Poland, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, the dictator's grandson, began his quest to claim nearly £200,000 from Novaya Gazeta, the Independent reports.
"Half a century of lies have been poured over Stalin's reputation and he cannot defend himself from the grave, so this case is essential to put the record straight," Mr Dzhugashvili's lawyer, Leonid Zhura, said.
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Russia has come a long way. They used to just kill people they didn’t like. Now they sue. Ha.
Ask the Poles about the Katyn Forest Massacre.
Stalin had nothing to do with that. It was perpetrated by a team of NKVD interrogators going way beyond what they were permitted to do under the direction of Commissar Karl Rovski and his evil cabal.
Imagine if the grandson of Hitler was alive somewhere...and how short his life would be once it was known.
Funny how there is so much effort is expended to catch Nazi war criminals, yet thousands of Soviet criminals are left alone to live out their lives.
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