PRAGUE (AP) β The Czech capital on Thursday stripped a World War II Soviet commander of his honorary Prague citizenship.
The Prague City Council approved Mayor Zdenek Hribβs proposal to revoke the honor bestowed in June 1945 on Soviet Marshal Ivan Stepanovic Konev.
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