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If there was an award for despicable legacies Joseph Stalin would rank right up there with Hitler and Mao for the men with the most blood on their hands. By conservative estimates the man who led the Soviet Union for 30 years until his death in 1953, was responsible for killing some 20 million people, most of them his own citizens.

A specialist in Russian philology from the University of Leipzig, Eberhard Fleischman, published a book "The Phenomenon of Putin: linguistic background", representing a research of evolution of Vladimir Putin as a speaker.

In an announcement sure to further dismay human rights activists and historians in Russia and abroad, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov has announced that portraits of Josef Stalin would be featured from now on as part of future city celebrations, Intefax reports.

The mayor made the announcement yesterday at a session of city government officials, following plans released last month for informational posters featuring Stalin’s role in winning World War II to be placed throughout the city in the run-up to May 9 Victory Day celebrations.

Plans by the Moscow city authorities to display posters glorifying Stalin’s role in winning World War II are eliciting strong opposition from human rights advocates, Lifenews.ru reported on Thursday.

The posters, which will go on display throughout the capital in the month leading up to Russia’s May 9 Victory Day celebrations, will take the form of informational stalls that picture Josef Stalin and include text detailing his role in orchestrating victory in the war.