Taking page from East Germany, Putin launches new 'Popular Front' The new organization, which experts say is likely modeled on East Germany's National Front, gives Putin a grassroots extra-parliamentary machine aimed at consolidating his popularity.
June 13, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
Germany launches building of Berlin palace replica BERLIN (AP) — Germany launched construction of a partial replica of a Prussian palace in the heart of Berlin on Wednesday, embarking on a delayed and often-criticized 590 million-euro ($783 million) project to recreate a building dynamited by East Germany's communist rulers.
June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Germany launches building of Prussian palace replica on site where communist Parliament stood BERLIN — Germany has launched construction of a partial replica of a Prussian palace in the heart of Berlin, embarking on an often-criticized 590 million-euro ($783 million) project to recreate a building dynamited by East Germany's communist rulers.
June 12, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune