Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev attempted to burnish their image as champions of the working class on Tuesday by taking part in a Soviet-style May Day parade in Moscow. full story ![]()

Vladimir Putin has presented 'Hero of Labour' medals to three workers, a famous theatre director and a brain surgeon, the first time anyone has won the award since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 17 days ago)

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has called on Russia's President Vladimir Putin "not to be afraid of his own people".
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 13 days ago)

Nothing can stop or slow down the reintegration of the post-Soviet space, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
rian.ru (4 months and 4 days ago)
Vladimir Putin’s Soviet-era nostalgia flared up again today when he formally revived the title formally known as “Hero of Socialist...
thetimes.co.uk (2 months and 22 days ago)

Vladimir Putin is presiding over the worst era for Russian human rights since the Soviet Union, according to two new reports by Amnesty and Human Rights Watch.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 24 days ago)
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Southern Russia — President Vladimir Putin described the Soviet Union as a land of opportunity and called for two Soviet relics, mandatory school uniforms and the “Hero of Labor” award, to be dusted off in the name of social justice, during an informal meeting with supporters in Rostov-on-Don on Friday.
sptimes.ru (2 months and 18 days ago)
Russia's president Vladimir Putin has called for the revival of the Soviet-era physical evaluation programme that required all schoolchildren to pass fitness tests.
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 7 days ago)
President Vladimir Putin on Friday revived the Soviet-era Hero of Labor award, once again turning to the symbols of the Soviet Union to reach Russians who look back to those times with nostalgia.
azstarnet.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
President Vladimir Putin on Friday revived the Soviet-era Hero of Labor award, once again turning to the symbols of the Soviet Union to reach Russians who look back to those times with nostalgia.
foxnews.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
President Vladimir Putin on Friday revived the Soviet-era Hero of Labor award, once again turning to the symbols of the Soviet Union to reach Russians who look back to those times with nostalgia.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
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