"totalitarian regimes"

#13076489

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: Three aligned portrait-monuments of Vladimir Lenin, originally installed in 1981 in Pärnu and removed in 1990, are displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, on December 8, 2025.

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#13076496

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: Three aligned portrait-monuments of Vladimir Lenin, originally installed in 1981 in Pärnu and removed in 1990, are displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075289

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A damaged monument to former Soviet head of state Mikhail Kalinin, originally installed in 1950 in Tallinn and removed in 1991 after Estonia regained independence, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Jakob Palvadre, a Red Army division commander, originally erected in 1981 in Valga and removed in 1991, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Jakob Palvadre, a Red Army division commander, originally erected in 1981 in Valga and removed in 1991, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13033313

28 November 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND – NOVEMBER 27: Michal Klima (The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Czech Republic) presents on 'Countering disinformation - Czech experience' during Panel IV (Countering disinformation) of the 'Need to Know XIV: In a World of Mirrors. Intelligence and Disinformation' conference, organised by the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and the Need to Know research network, in Krakow, Poland, on November 27, 2025. The network, founded in 2011, brings together international scholars to examine intelligence, security services and disinformation from the Cold War to the present.

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#13033316

28 November 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND – NOVEMBER 27: Michal Klima (The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Czech Republic) presents on 'Countering disinformation - Czech experience' during Panel IV (Countering disinformation) of the 'Need to Know XIV: In a World of Mirrors. Intelligence and Disinformation' conference, organised by the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and the Need to Know research network, in Krakow, Poland, on November 27, 2025. The network, founded in 2011, brings together international scholars to examine intelligence, security services and disinformation from the Cold War to the present.

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#13033318

28 November 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND – NOVEMBER 27: Michal Klima (The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Czech Republic) presents on 'Countering disinformation - Czech experience' during Panel IV (Countering disinformation) of the 'Need to Know XIV: In a World of Mirrors. Intelligence and Disinformation' conference, organised by the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and the Need to Know research network, in Krakow, Poland, on November 27, 2025. The network, founded in 2011, brings together international scholars to examine intelligence, security services and disinformation from the Cold War to the present.

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#11979791

25 January 2025

Iranian actresses practice before performing in the play titled 'The Sier' at the Shahrzad theater complex in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 24, 2025. 'The Sier' is about people living in an imaginary land that is a huge prison, where they are prisoners. A dictator rules over them, taking away their powers of sight and thought, and gives them a key they believe will open a door leading to freedom.

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#11979792

25 January 2025

Iranian actresses practice before performing in the play titled 'The Sier' at the Shahrzad theater complex in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 24, 2025. 'The Sier' is about people living in an imaginary land that is a huge prison, where they are prisoners. A dictator rules over them, taking away their powers of sight and thought, and gives them a key they believe will open a door leading to freedom.

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#11979798

25 January 2025

Iranian actresses practice before performing in the play titled 'The Sier' at the Shahrzad theater complex in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 24, 2025. 'The Sier' is about people living in an imaginary land that is a huge prison, where they are prisoners. A dictator rules over them, taking away their powers of sight and thought, and gives them a key they believe will open a door leading to freedom.

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#11979799

25 January 2025

Iranian actresses practice before performing in the play titled 'The Sier' at the Shahrzad theater complex in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 24, 2025. 'The Sier' is about people living in an imaginary land that is a huge prison, where they are prisoners. A dictator rules over them, taking away their powers of sight and thought, and gives them a key they believe will open a door leading to freedom.

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#11979816

25 January 2025

An Iranian actor and actress perform in the play titled 'The Sier' at the Shahrzad theater complex in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 24, 2025. 'The Sier' is about people living in an imaginary land, which is a huge prison, and they are its prisoners. A dictator who rules over them has taken away their powers of sight and thought and given them a key that they believe will open a door leading to freedom.

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#11979834

25 January 2025

An Iranian actor and actress perform in the play titled 'The Sier' at the Shahrzad theater complex in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 24, 2025. 'The Sier' is about people living in an imaginary land, which is a huge prison, and they are its prisoners. A dictator who rules over them has taken away their powers of sight and thought and given them a key that they believe will open a door leading to freedom.

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25 January 2025

An Iranian actor and actress perform in the play titled 'The Sier' at the Shahrzad theater complex in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 24, 2025. 'The Sier' is about people living in an imaginary land, which is a huge prison, and they are its prisoners. A dictator who rules over them has taken away their powers of sight and thought and given them a key that they believe will open a door leading to freedom.

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#11653275

10 October 2024

TIRANA, ALBANIA - SEPTEMBER 16: Boxes containing old films used by the former Directorate of State Security, known as the Sigurimi - Albania's secret police and intelligence service - are displayed inside Bunk'Art 2, a Cold War museum near the Ministry of Interior in Tirana, on September 16, 2024, in Tirana, Albania.

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