Putin names regional Russian airport Stalingrad

Putin renames Volgograd International Airport to Stalingrad

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd to Stalingrad, after the city's Soviet-era name, the Kremlin’s press service reports. The idea was put forward by Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov during a meeting with Putin in the city earlier that day. Bocharov said he had been “frequently approached by residents of the Volgograd region, the city of Volgograd, and other regions” asking that the air…

According to the Volgograd governor, the people asked him for this because they wanted a "real, proud, brave, heroic name" for the airport.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to give the Volgograd International Airport the historical name "Stalingrad", the Kremlin press service reported.

Before the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Vladimir Putin gave Volgograd Airport an additional name. It is reminiscent of the dictator Josef Stalin.

Putin names regional Russian airport Stalingrad

Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a decree late on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd as Stalingrad, as the city was known when the Soviet army defeated the Nazi German forces in the biggest battle of World War Two. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supported a request by Volgograd region residents and war veterans to rename the airport in Volgograd and grant it the historic name Stalingrad. This was reported by the state agency TASS. “Their word is the law to me. We're going to do it that way. As soon as I return to Moscow...