British academics protest after Russia closes down history website
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Move reflects official efforts to rewrite Stalin's role and to cover up Nazi-Soviet pact

Luke Harding in Moscow guardian.co.uk


A group of British academics including the historian Orlando Figes and the poet and translator Robert Chandler have spoken out after authorities in Russia closed down a website dealing with the country's controversial Soviet past.

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