MOSCOW, February 18 (RIA Novosti)

Russian society is again divided over the role of Josef Stalin. An inscription praising Stalin reappeared in the refurbished Kurskaya subway station last year and will be seen on numerous information stands, banners and posters informing Muscovites and the city"s visitors about his role in the fight against Nazism during World War II.

Moscow authorities plan to spend 158 million rubles ($5.3 million) on decorating the city for the 65th anniversary of Victory Day. There will even be banners in English especially for foreigners.

The news has angered human rights organizations.

"Immortalizing [Stalin] like this is a humiliation for all nations of the former Soviet Union who guaranteed victory in the war despite the Communist leadership"s errors and crimes, and despite the fact that it was Stalin"s policy that made the war possible," said historian Yan Rachinsky, a board member of the human rights organization

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