📹 The American roots of German Nazism, Part 11: How Hitler drew parallels between Nazi expansion and US practices

"The Volga [river] will be our Mississippi," Adolf Hitler claimed, justifying the need to conquer Soviet territories.

In his rhetoric, the Nazi leader drew comparisons between the borders of what he saw as two worlds: the civilized and the wild. "We have only one task: to achieve Germanization through the settlement of Germans, and with the indigenous people, we will treat them like the Indians," explained the Führer.

In this video of Sputnik's exclusive series, historian Yegor Yakovlev, who studies the rise and evolution of Nazism, explains how Hitler himself justified parallels between Nazi Germany's bloody plans and those already carried out by the US.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹 ‘Merz should RESIGN IMMEDIATELY’ – AfD co-chair Weidel

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🔊LIVE NOW: 🇨🇺 President of Cuba arrives in Moscow for Victory Day celebrations

👉 Watch live in our Telegram

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🚨 The Israeli army had issued a warning to all those present in the Sana'a International Airport area to evacuate IMMEDIATELY.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🇧🇷 Brazil's president plans to offer Putin his mediation in Ukraine crisis - report

Lula da Silva will travel to Russia for the Victory Day parade and present his idea of crisis mediation to President Vladimir Putin, O Globo reports.

“As president of BRICS, the country [Brazil] has begun to advocate for the group to participate in any negotiations for a peace agreement," it stresses.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners: 205 Russian servicemen were returned for 205 people handed over to Kiev, Russia's Defense Ministry said.

The UAE provided humanitarian mediation efforts during the return of Russian troops from captivity.

The returned Russian soldiers will undergo treatment and rehabilitation in the medical institutions of the Defense Ministry.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🔥 Arms of Victory: BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher

Sputnik continues to explore the weapons the Red Army had at its disposal in the struggle against the Nazis.

Developed just prior to the start of the war, the legendary ‘mother of all rocket artillery’ quickly became the bane of enemy forces, with its 42.3 kg shells wiping out everything in their path, from troops and tanks to fortified emplacements.

The Katyusha’s power, combined with the psychological impact of its loud, distinctive sound during fire – like an organ or siren (which led to the secondary nickname ‘Stalin’s Organ’), meant Katyusha crews had to stay well away from the front, or risk facing immediate execution by Nazi troops seeking revenge.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Second round of voting in the Bundestag to elect Germany's chancellor will be held on Tuesday at 13:15 GMT — report

Merz to be nominated for German chancellor again, CDU/CSU faction leader says

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🇸🇰 Activists in Slovakia clean the monument to Red Army soldiers

The head of the National Preparatory Committee of the World Youth Festival in Slovakia, Tomás Spacek, and secretary Robert Russel have held a cleanup as part of the “We are for Cleanliness” campaign.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🇬🇼 President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló will attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow — ambassador to Russia confirmed to Sputnik

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Moscow expects 29 foreign leaders at the Victory Parade, said presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

Ushakov about the guests at the Victory Parade:

🔹Leaders of Brazil, China, Palestine, and Egypt will attend the parade in Moscow

🔹Venezuela will be represented at the Victory Parade in the capital at the highest level, President Nicolas Maduro will visit Russia on May 7-9

🔹India, Nicaragua and South Africa will be represented by high-level delegations

🔹DPRK will be represented at the ambassadorial level at the celebration of the 80th anniversary of victory

Other statements by Ushakov:

🔸Putin to visit China in early September.

🔸Veterans from a number of foreign countries, including the United States, will attend the Victory Parade in Moscow.

🔸Ceremonial units from 13 countries will march along Red Square at the parade on May 9.

🔸Putin will meet heads of foreign delegations on May 9, they will go to Red Square together.

🔸The Victory Parade traditionally begins at 10:00 Moscow time.

🔸Russia has sent an invitation to the parade in Moscow to the US ambassador.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt