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Contested memories at UN: Russia's account of WWII prompts sharp rebuttals from Ukraine, EU and Western states
Summary
The Russian delegation stressed the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazism and warned against historical revisionism; several delegations, including Ukraine, the EU and Western states, sharply rebutted those remarks and accused Russia of politicizing the commemoration.
The representative of the Russian Federation used the General Assembly floor to emphasize the Soviet Union’s wartime sacrifices and to warn against what Moscow described as a growing trend of historical revisionism and glorification of Nazi collaborators in parts of Europe. The speaker said memorials to anti‑fascist fighters were being removed and alleged that marches and monuments in some countries honor figures linked to wartime collaboration.
Representative of the Russian Federation: "We will not and we do not politicize the victory," the Russian delegate said, while also urging the international community to preserve what Moscow called the “historic truth” of the anti‑Hitler coalition.
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