Lavrov’s Important Remarks on History and Nazism
“Europe is actively rewriting the history of the Second World War; the effect of the ‘vaccine’ against the Nazi ‘virus’ in the West has significantly weakened,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a speech to the organisers and participants of the International Scientific Conference‘Derjavin Readings‘.
At the beginning of his speech, Minister Lavrov said: “Next year we will enthusiastically celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory. Russia continues to honour the memory of the heroic struggle against the ‘brown plague’. Thanks to the courage, fortitude and sacrifice of the Red Army soldiers and home front workers, our country was able to break Nazi Germany’s control over the whole of continental Europe.”
Drawing attention to the efforts of some European states to rewrite the history of the Second World War, Lavrov stressed that these countries are eradicating memories of the achievements of the Soviet military and glorifying former Nazis.
Continuing his speech, Lavrov said: “The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg found that war crimes and crimes against humanity were deliberately and systematically committed not only against the armed forces of the nations united against the German aggressor, but also against the civilian population. The abundant evidence of other manifestations of Nazi ideology, such as the massacre of civilians, torture and slave labour, removes all doubt that the events of that period should be considered genocide.”
Lavrov concluded his statement by stating that the restoration of the universally recognised consequences of the Second World War and countering the spread of anti-human ideology are among Moscow’s priorities in the international arena:“Every year Russia submits to the UN General Assembly a draft resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism from around the world. Despite unprecedented pressure from the collective West, 116 states voted in favour of the resolution in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly this November.“
