Moldova's Constitutional Court has upheld the results of a vote recount that confirmed the victory of the ruling Communist Party in the nation's April 5th parliamentary elections. The recount was initiated by the Communist Party of President Vladimir Voronin.

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By Yuri Zarakhovich

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For Russia, May 9 remains the Victory Day â€" this country's only meaningful national holiday, its most sacred and bitter anniversary and the one most cynically abused by the authorities in pursuit of their own aims.

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And it is the most bitter because Soviet policies had strengthened Hitler in the first place, allowing him to grab lands that were liberated only after four years of desperate combat, which cost the lives of some 27 million Soviet citizens.

By John Wendle
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And in the lead-up to the country's annual Victory Day celebrations, the Kremlin has made a move that it touts as yet another display of Russia's patriotism and pride: the government has announced that it is considering passing a law to criminalize statements and acts that deny the Soviets won World War II, or claim it used poor tactics in battle or did not liberate Eastern Europe.

Ellen Barry

MOSCOW -- Russian border guards on Saturday began taking up long-term positions along the boundaries of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, an arrangement that will probably mean sustained tension in the two breakaway Georgian territories.

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Thousands of Chechens disappeared after being taken away by Russian troops. One death squad targeted 'black widow' bombers such as those who seized a Moscow theatre in 2002

By Richard S. Allen, Attorney at Law

President Obama thinks we're "losing our moral bearings" because we water boarded some terrorists to make them talk. Other prominent Democrats are eager to put President Bush, former Vice- President Cheney, and various Justice Department lawyers on trial for 'war crimes' and 'torture.'

Alright, if we're going to investigate war crimes lets skip the small potatoes of water boarding and get to something we can sink our vindictive teeth into.