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Duma speaker commemorates Soviet soldiers who liberated Korea

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Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of the State Duma, conducted a working visit to Pyongyang, North Korea. During this visit, he laid a wreath at the Liberation Monument honoring Soviet soldiers who fought for the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. He is scheduled to participate in an opening ceremony on April 26th, organized at the behest of President Vladimir Putin.

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“During a working visit to Pyongyang, Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, laid a wreath at the Liberation Monument dedicated to Soviet soldiers who fought for the liberation of Korea, the Duma’s press service reported.”
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Multiple web search results report that Vyacheslav Volodin laid a wreath at the Liberation Monument in Pyongyang during a working visit, specifically mentioning the dedication to Soviet soldiers who fought for the liberation of Korea.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article contains the list of chairmen of the State Duma of Russia. The post of Chairman of the State Duma existed in Russia two times. First time in the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1917, during t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chairmen_of_the_State_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. The Du…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Duma
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (Russian: Вячеслав Викторович Володин, IPA: [vʲɪtɕɪsˈlaf ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈlodʲin]; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who serves as the 10th Chairman of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Volodin
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“State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin paid tribute to the Soviet soldiers who fought for the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 by laying a wreath at the Liberation Monument.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that Vyacheslav Volodin paid tribute to Soviet soldiers who fought for the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 by laying a wreath at the Liberation Monument.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin (Russian: Александр Гельевич Дугин; born 7 January 1962) is a Russian political philosopher who is the leading theorist of Russian neo-Eurasianism. Born into a military intel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Dugin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia–Singapore relations are the bilateral relations between Russia and Singapore. Russia has an embassy in Singapore. Singapore has an embassy in Moscow. Both countries are full members of APEC. Du…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Singapore_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The All-Russian Political Party "United Russia" is the ruling political party of Russia. As the largest party in the Russian Federation, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Russia
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“The Duma speaker also honored the memory of fallen Soviet soldiers and officers with a minute of silence.”
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The evidence provided does not contain multiple independent sources confirming that Volodin observed a minute of silence. The web search results confirm the wreath-laying ceremony but do not mention a minute of silence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following lists events that happened during 1964 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_in_the_Soviet_Union
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Volodin (masculine, Russian: Володин) or Volodina (feminine, Russian: Володина) is a Russian surname that is derived from Volodya, a pet form of the male given name Vladimir, and literally means Volod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (Russian: Вячеслав Викторович Володин, IPA: [vʲɪtɕɪsˈlaf ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈlodʲin]; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who serves as the 10th Chairman of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Volodin
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“Volodin is in North Korea on a working visit.”
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At least two web search results confirm that Vyacheslav Volodin was on a working visit to North Korea (DPRK).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following lists events that happened during 1964 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_in_the_Soviet_Union
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin as President of Russia took place on 7 May 2024, after Putin was declared the winner of the 2024 Russian presidential election. Amid the ongoing Russian invas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_inauguration_of_Vladimir…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The politics of Russia function within the framework of the federal semi-presidential republic of Russia. According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is head of state, and of a mu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Russia
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“On April 26 in Pyongyang, at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he will take part in the grand opening ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats in Overseas Military Operations, dedicated to the courage of Korean soldiers who participated in the liberation of the Kursk Region.”
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The claim specifies an event for 'April 26' and mentions the 'Kursk Region' and 'Korean soldiers' at the 'behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.' While the web search results mention Volodin visiting Pyongyang and the museum, the specific details regarding the date (April 26), the dedication to the Kursk Region, and the explicit request from President Putin are not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the evidence provided.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Koryo-saram, also known as Goryeo-saram or Soviet Koreans—the descendants of Korean immigrants to the Russian Far East who were deported to Central Asia in 1937.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Koryo-saram
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 12 November 2022, following the conclusion of Ukraine's Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives, to 7 June 2023, the day before the 2023 U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 July 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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