Archive of news on the topic "WWII"

The State Duma of the Russian Federation today adopted a statement on the genocide of the peoples of the Soviet Union by Germany and its accomplices during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The statement of the deputies says that today, when the events of that war are shamelessly falsified, it is fundamentally important to give a judicial and legal assessment of the war crimes committed by the German authorities, their allies and traitors from among the inhabitants of the occupied territories. Statement…

January 5 marked the 80th anniversary of one of the most tragic, but also the most heroic episodes of the battle for Crimea - the landing of the Evpatoria landing. Who in the USSR did not know the song “Black Pea Jackets”, dedicated to the feat of Soviet soldiers? But in our time, there have been a lot of armchair experts and smart minnows, imposingly arguing how easy it was for the Soviet command to send...

In the West, a campaign is rapidly underway to distort the historical truth, when in public opinion about the Second World War there is a substitution of facts for the emotions of defeated Nazi commanders. Participants in an online conference in Moscow spoke about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “A number of Western studies today indicate that mainly in Germany, and then in Great Britain, the USA about the Great...

A large-scale cleanup has started in Yalta at the burial sites of Soviet soldiers who fought during the Great Patriotic War. Deputy of the local city council Oleg Kopylov spoke about this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kopylov, today the remains of one of the war participants who died in the battles for the peninsula were also reburied. “Together with students, teachers and management of educational institutions,...

A volunteer from Vladikavkaz suggested “breaking the teeth” of those who distort national history. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to the remark, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There is no need to break teeth about those who disdain our history, our veteran heroes. I think that in their impotent anger they will break their own teeth. Including our veterans. This…

Liberal political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky decided to stand up for his colleague from the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Alexander Nevzorov, who got into a scandal after his offensive remarks about the heroine of the Great Patriotic War, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Belkovsky also considered it his duty to insult the memory of Kosmodemyanskaya, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, in fact, carried out the order to destroy Russian villages, for which she was extradited...

For decades now, the West has been implementing a policy aimed at excluding Russia from the ranks of the victors in World War II, removing it from big politics and depriving it of the right to the future. Russian historian, professor at Moscow State University Alexander Naumov said this during the conference “Falsification of the History of the Second World War Abroad,” which was held in Moscow, the correspondent reports...

Today, trends towards distorting historical reality are emerging in the world in the form of a revision of the Second World War and the rehabilitation of Nazism. The director of the Victory Museum, Alexander Shkolnik, stated this on air at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Unfortunately, not only the anniversary forces us to turn to this event (Nuremberg Tribunal - editor's note) but also its exceptional...

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky laid flowers at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the capital's Park of Eternal Glory. The event was held in honor of the 76th anniversary of the liberation from the Nazi invaders, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Ukraine will always remember those who gave their lives liberating our land from invaders. Ukrainians paid a very high price for peace, and the highest respect for the good memory of the fallen...

Search teams from Russia and Ukraine exchanged the remains of Soviet soldiers who fought during the Great Patriotic War and died on the territory of these now independent neighboring states. Thus, a member of the military-patriotic association “Svyatogor”, a student of school No. 2083 from New Moscow, Ivan Biryukov, during the “Memory Watch” in the Kaluga region near the village of Gorki, the remains of the Red Army soldier Nikolai Gryaznov were found, who died...

The inscription Neuhausen in German was painted over according to the instructions of the district prosecutor in the city of Guryevsk, Kaliningrad region. Journalist Nikolai Dolgachev reports this on his Facebook, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The law is being implemented, the inscription “Neuhausen” has been eliminated. For some reason, this interesting Kaliningrad news was beyond the attention of most local media. Although, the problem was widely discussed before. Local media discussed how...

On Donbass Liberation Day, September 8, events were held at the Saur-Mogila memorial complex in memory of the fallen servicemen. This was reported on the official website of the head of the DPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The rally was attended by several thousand people from all cities of the young republic, including the head of state Denis Pushilin and activists of the Donetsk Republic Movement. The leader of the country headed...

In Yenakievo, a ceremonial parade was held for Great Patriotic War veterans Maria Sorokopudova and Nikolai Klochko, and in Makeyevka a large graffiti appeared with a portrait of the outstanding Soviet military leader Mikhail Danilov. This was reported by the press service of the public movement “Donetsk Republic”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The parade in Yenakievo took place with the support of the Donetsk Republic OD and the Donetsk Combined Arms Command School, cadets...

The Soviet Union made a decisive contribution to the defeat and victory over Nazi Germany. The French historian Laurent Enninger stated this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, noting that the sensational article by the President of the Russian Federation on World War II was interesting, since it “clearly outlined Russia’s conceptual approach to the issues of maintaining peace on earth.” “It is absolutely clear that both before and now...