Posters of Joseph Stalin will be put up...

In the 1930s-1950s millions of people were executed on fake charges of espionage, sabotage, anti-Soviet propaganda or died of starvation, disease or exposure in Gulag labor camps. According to official statistics, 52 million were convicted on political charges during Stalin"s regime and 6 million were sent out of cities without any court verdict.

Moscow"s cultural heritage committee deemed the phrase "unacceptable" and told the Moscow Metro to remove it.

But Moscow"s chief architect Alexander Kuzmin said the phrase should be preserved, as during reconstruction work it is important to recreate the original features. He said a memorial to Stalin could also be restored in the subway station lobby.

MOSCOW, March 2 (RIA Novosti)