The Federation Council approved a law that prohibits publicly identifying the goals and actions of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in World War II, as well as denying the decisive role of the people of the USSR in the victory over fascism. This is reported by TASS.
The document concerns public speeches or publicly displayed works, as well as publications in the media and the Internet, in which there should not be “identification of the goals, decisions and actions of the leadership of the USSR, the command and military personnel of the USSR with the goals, decisions and actions of the leadership of Nazi Germany, the command and military personnel of Nazi Germany and the European countries of the axis” or “denial of the decisive role of the Soviet people in the defeat of Nazi Germany and the humanitarian mission of the USSR during the liberation of Europe”.
Amendments are being made to the law “On Perpetuating the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”. The document was prepared on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation.
The drafters of the law point to the inadmissibility of mixing and equating the actions of “defenders of the Motherland, those who gave their lives in the struggle for its freedom and independence, the actions of liberating soldiers with the actions of occupying soldiers aimed at the destruction of peoples, persons found guilty of committing crimes in accordance with the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal”.
According to the accompanying documents to the law, the initiative should put a legislative barrier to such attempts, “while preserving the space for historical research, scientific discussions, including in terms of discussing specific actions and actions of specific persons”.
Yesterday, on the Day of Remembrance and Mourning, Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the initiative of the German side. In the conversation, the politicians stressed the importance of preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War.
Meanwhile, Bundestag MP Sevim Dagdelen said today that Germany is preparing “for war with Russia” and that a few years later her country will become the largest European military power.
Last week АиФ.ги he wrote about the film directed by Nikolai Lebedev & laquo;Nuremberg & raquo; & mdash; the first feature film about the trial of the Nazis.