The document was presented by Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin.
The Federation Council has approved an Address to the Parliaments of Foreign States and Peoples of the World concerning the inadmissibility of distorting the history of the Second World War and rehabilitating Nazism.
During the plenary session, this matter was introduced by Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin, who emphasised that the Address highlights the necessity of recognising the expulsion and extermination of Soviet civilians by Nazis and their collaborators, as established in the Nuremberg Tribunal’s verdict, as genocide against the peoples of the Soviet Union. “Denying the Soviet Union’s pivotal role in the Victory of the Allied Powers over Germany and its satellites, glorifying Nazi criminals and their accomplices, and desecrating or destroying monuments to Soviet liberator soldiers are acts of immorality and sacrilege,” stated the senator.
“We urge a stand against any attempts to falsify history, rehabilitate or glorify Nazism, fascism, and militarism, to denounce the endorsement of the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine, the incitement of a new world war, and to demand accountability from those who insult the memory of anti-fascist fighters and liberator soldiers,” said Grigory Karasin.
Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko further noted that Europe today is confronted not only by a grave economic crisis but also by a moral, ideological, and values-based collapse. “European officials have reached the zenith of cynicism by requesting that leaders of sovereign states abstain from attending the Victory Parade in Moscow. This constitutes an affront to the memory of the millions who sacrificed their lives to liberate Europe and the world from the fascist scourge. Simultaneously, they actively and systematically nurture Nazi regimes, such as the one in Kiev. Such Europe naturally distances itself from those who remember and honour true history,” stressed the Speaker.
The Address underscores that only through collective efforts can the truth about the Second World War be preserved, the resurgence of neo-Nazism countered, and the recurrence of bloody crimes against humanity averted.
The document reaffirms that the USSR’s Victory over Nazism, alongside its allies, laid the groundwork for the contemporary international order and the establishment of the United Nations (UN). “The Federation Council supports the UN General Assembly’s annual adoption of the resolution titled “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” as well as the resolution “Eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War,” co-sponsored by 54 states.”
The senators voiced concern over NATO’s expansion and the inclusion of formerly non-aligned European states, the militarisation of the European Union, and its support for the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine. “Europe was the birthplace of two world wars. Hence, it bears a unique responsibility to humanity for preventing a new global confrontation,” the Address concludes.