Stalin a genius: Poll

According to a state-funded opinion poll, about 60 pc of Russians attribute WW-II victory to Stalin’s military genius. ‘‘Stal...

According to a state-funded opinion poll, about 60 pc of Russians attribute WW-II victory to Stalin’s military genius. ‘‘Stalin and his epoch are an inalienable part of my country’s …history,’’ President Vladimir Putin told a German newspaper this week. ‘‘Of course, Stalin was a tyrant and many say he was a criminal. But he was not a Nazi!’’

Gorbachev differs

Former President Mikhail Gorbachev said V-Day should give no pretext for extolling Stalin. ‘‘Stalin’s name will be mentioned more than once during celebrations …But one shouldn’t go so far as to say that we owe the victory to Stalin..,’’ he said on Sunday.

Baltic apology

Estonian and Lithuanian Presidents are boycotting the ceremonies, demanding an apology for illegal occupation of Baltic republics at the end of WW-II. ‘‘Russia will not make any apologies,” Defence Minister Ivanov said.

Donald Trump may replace H-1B lottery with wage-based selection process

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Days after hiking the fees for new H-1B applications to $100,000, the Donald Trump administration has proposed to overhaul the visa process for high-skilled non-immigrant workers. The Trump administration has suggested a wage-based selection process for the H-1B programme, instead of the current lottery system.

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