TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to the Russian city of Volgograd on February 2 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Renaming Volgograd as Stalingrad is not being discussed whatsoever, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday. "No, there are no discussions on ...

Stalingrad, as the city was then called, survived one of the most terrible battles in human history. See how the city, ...

And the return to the name of Stalingrad was recently rejected by two-thirds of Volgograd residents in a poll. The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the most powerful symbols of the Soviet defensive ...

In the UK, the modern-day concept of "twinning" is said to have begun in 1944, when Coventry formally twinned with Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Russia, in the aftermath of both cities being ...

Speaking in Volgograd - the modern name for Stalingrad - Mr Putin hinted that he could seek to move beyond conventional weapons. "Those who hope to defeat Russia on the battlefield do not ...