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News 02:48/21.04.2005 War conference opens in Moscow A conference dedicated to World War II is opening in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on Thursday. 02:37/21.04.2005 CIS armed forces games open in St. Petersburg The fifth annual CIS armed forces Olympics opened in St. Petersburg Thursday. 02:23/21.04.2005 Helsinki hosts workshop on World War II A seminar of historians on “World War II: Soviet-Finnish Aspect” will be held Thursday at the Russian scientific and cultural center in Helsinki. 02:06/21.04.2005 Special train leaves Moscow for Berlin The Moscow Railroad has provided a special train for a military event called “A Generation Without War,” dedicated to VE-Day’s 60th anniversary, a railroad spokesman said. 01:40/21.04.2005 Traffic to be limited in Moscow center Motor traffic will be restricted in the city center during VE-Day preparations, a State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (GIBDD) spokesperson said. 01:29/21.04.2005 Marathon leaves Belgrade for Moscow A group of ten marathon runners from the Belgrade Noble Heart Club will leave the St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade to arrive in Moscow on May 9. The race is being dedicated to the 60th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. The runners will cover 2,450 kilometers through Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus and Russia. 21:43/20.04.2005 Lithuania acknowledges Soviet contribution to WWII victory Lithuania acknowledges the former Soviet Union’s contribution to the victory over Nazism, Justinas Karosas, head of the Lithuanian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said Wednesday. 16:16/20.04.2005 Moscow center to be “reasonably closed off” during May 9 celebrations During the Victory Day celebrations here, the city center will be partially closed off, Moscow police chief Vladimir Pronin announced at a press conference. 16:12/20.04.2005 Poklonnaya Hill Museum to exhibit FSB WWII archive Materials from the FSB Central Archive of the World War II period will be exhibited in the Poklonnaya Hill Museum, Vladimir Kozlov, head of the Federal Archive Agency, said Wednesday. 15:27/20.04.2005 Irkutsk hosts “Victory Is Multinational” conference On Wednesday Irkutsk hosted a conference titled “The Victory is Multinational” that was devoted to the 60th VE-Day anniversary. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. 7.. 8.. 9.. 10.. 11.. 12.. 13.. 14.. 15.. 16.. 17.. 18.. 19.. 20.. 21.. 22.. 23.. 24.. 25.. 26.. 27.. 28.. 29.. 30.. 31.. 32.. 33.. 34.. 35.. 36.. 37.. 38.. 39.. 40.. 41.. 42.. 43.. 44.. 45.. 46.. 47.. 48.. 49.. 50.. 51.. 52.. 53.. 54.. 55.. 56

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