Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Ukraine counterpart Viktor Yushchenko during happier times (Kiev Ukraine News Blog)From Time Magazine:
Fresh from their conflict over gas in January, Ukraine and Russia are again in the midst of a heated battle — this time, about the countries' shared Soviet past. As Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko this week lamented that Ukraine had become "a hostage in the fight between two totalitarian regimes — fascist and communist" and called for Soviet-era symbols around the country to be torn down, his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev ordered the creation of a presidential commission "to counter attempts to harm Russian interests by falsifying history."
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My Comment: My father was a Russian/Ukrainian who fought with the Soviet Army in the Second World War. I am glad that he is not alive today to see what he fought for unraveling with today's group of political leaders.