Every year, Russia celebrates “Victory Day” to commemorate the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. But Russia seems to forget that it was itself an aggressor during the Second World War. Or ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jarkko Lahti will lead The White Death as Simo Häyhä, the Finnish sniper who is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers in 98 days in the 1940 Winter War between Finland and the ...

Simo Häyhä, the Finnish sniper who killed hundreds of Soviets during the Winter War, aiming his rifle while wearing his winter camouflage. (Wikimedia Commons) The Soviet soldiers never saw him. Their ...

VLADIMIR Putin makes no secret of his desire to return his country to the glory days of the Soviet Union standing as a superpower. But over a decade before his birth, his beloved Red Army was ...

Finnish writer-director Toni Kurkimaki is developing Häyhä, a war drama telling the story of Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä. Set against the backdrop of the unbroken Kollaa frontline, the film will depict ...

Lahti has spent a year preparing for the role, including training with a precision rifle to accurately portray Häyhä’s legendary marksmanship. Regarding his portrayal, Lahti recently said to Screen ...

Häyhä is believed to have been a major inspiration for Aatami Korpi, the stoic main character of the ongoing “Sisu” film series. During the Winter War of 1939-40, the small northern European nation of ...