Grandson sues to clear Stalin over killings (Reuters)

A man holding a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin walks at a rally marking Stalin's 128th birth anniversary in his hometown of Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) west of Tbilisi, December 21, 2007. REUTERS/David MdzinarishviliReuters - Josef Stalin was in the dock on Monday when a Russian court held a preliminary hearing in a libel case brought by his grandson over a newspaper story which said the tyrant had ordered the killings of Soviet citizens.