How Russia hits back at slights over WWII victory

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How Russia hits back at slights over WWII victory

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-hits-back-slights-over-wwii-victory-130600821.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QUpIbJGf4gbjzVplhX3ytQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b9b08133c8d86d054b0f6a706700aecc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday June 22, 2011 file photo, lanterns fly over one of the Soviet WWII war monuments marking the heroic resistance of the Soviet Army against the surprise Nazi German attack during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Nazi invasion in the town of Brest, 360 kilometers (223 miles) southwest of Minsk, Belarus. U.S. television network CNN caused a firestorm when it included the war monument in Brest, a city in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, in an article on the “world’s ugliest monuments” published Jan. 24. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday June 22, 2011 file photo, lanterns fly over one of the Soviet WWII war monuments marking the heroic resistance of the Soviet Army against the surprise Nazi German attack during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Nazi invasion in the town of Brest, 360 kilometers (223 miles) southwest of Minsk, Belarus. U.S. television network CNN caused a firestorm when it included the war monument in Brest, a city in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, in an article on the “world’s ugliest monuments” published Jan. 24. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) â€" The Sochi Winter Olympics are making Russians beam with pride. But while the opening ceremony left out World War II at the behest of international Olympic organizers, Russia's role in defeating Nazi Germany is still one of the nation's proudest moments, as some have found out the hard way.</p><br clear="all"/>

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