YALTA (AFP) – Russia on Thursday defied anger by unveiling a controversial monument to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Britains Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt at their fateful meeting in Crimea in 1945.The huge monument was inspired by enduring images of the Big Three meeting in the resort town of Yalta on the balmy shores of the Crimean peninsula to discuss their anti-Nazi Germany strategy and decide the fate of the post-war world.The inauguration of the 10-tonne bronze sculpture by Russias Zurab Tsereteli was timed to coincide with events marking the 70th anniversary of the Yalta conference.The monument at …read more
Source: Dunya TV
