Contemporary Attempts to Distort the Legal Results of the Great Victory over Nazi Germany by A. N. Vylegzhanin, G. V. Ignatenko, A. U. Skuratova

“…The article is devoted to a number of contemporary published distortions of the legal consequences of the Great Victory of the Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, France and other allied countries over Nazi Germany.The following objects of such a distortion are legally assessed in the article:1) Treaty on non-assault between the USSR and Germany of 1939 (compared with the Munich Pact of 1938 – the Agreement between Britain, France, Germany and Italy);2) Legal environment of left movements in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 1940s and decisions of the parliaments of these Baltic states to become parties of the Treaty on Formation of the USSR;3) Contemporary legal values of Yalta and Potsdam Summit Conferences;4) International Law characteristics of those citizens of the Baltic States who served in SS troops of the Nazi Germany.Special attention is drawn to the UN General Assembly resolution of 21 November 1947, according to which the International Law Commission was directed to formulate the Principles of International Law recognized in the Charter of the Nurnberg Tribunal and in the Judgment of the Tribunal. …”
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<i>Cultural Studies</i> as a Political Practice by N. A. Shсhipkov

“…Scientists and philosophers belonging to political parties are nothing new in the history of science. …”
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Les chétifs by Myers, G, G. M. Myers

“…It is the contention of this thesis that this claim is unjustified and that the branch was composed in North Eastern France.</p> <p>Our refutation of the theory of oriental composition begins with a study of the provenance of the heroes, which illustrates how the original tale did indeed recount a real captivity, but that of a party of pilgrims from Fécamp, in Normandy, to Jerusalem, well before the First Crusade, The tale commemorating this event, long since lost, was to be incorporated, along with distant reminisceneas of the "Arrière-croisade" of 1101, into an early Cycle of the Crusade, which was later cast into a new cycle by Graindor de Douai in about 1190.…”

USSR in World War II by M. Yu. Myagkov

“…The United States and Great Britain took all measures available to them to quickly remove from the governments of Italy, France and other Western states all the left-wing forces that in 1944-1945 had a serious impact on the politics of their countries.…”
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L’habitat intercalaire à la croisée de l’urbanisme tactique et de l’action sociale : les cas de Grenoble, Rennes et Villeurbanne by Adriana Diaconu, Margaux Duran y Gonin

“…The three cities were chosen owing to the involvement of their local political leaders, coming from left-wing or green parties, in reception policies and in housing issues.By focusing on the rationales of the emergence of this housing model, the main findings of the study show how contradictory political and ideological stances have been overcome through pragmatical means, and how the political commitment of elected representatives has fostered different strategies in the three cities. …”
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Rethinking the industrial landscape : the future of the Ford Rouge complex by Bodurow Rea, Constance Corinne

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