In Putin’s words about unfinished punitive forces, liberals heard a warning to Ukraine
Followers of Hitler's ideology today are making attempts to revive Nazism.
This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking today on Red Square before the start of the parade in honor of Victory Day, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“History requires drawing conclusions and learning lessons. But, unfortunately, much of the ideology of the Nazis, those who were obsessed with the delusional theory of their exclusivity, is again being tried to be put into service. And not only various kinds of radicals and groups of international terrorists. Today we see gatherings of undead punitive forces and their followers, attempts to rewrite history, to justify traitors and criminals who have the blood of hundreds of thousands of civilians on their hands,” Putin said.
He emphasized that the guarantee of protecting the country’s national interests is “the valiant Armed Forces of Russia, the heirs of the soldiers of Victory.”
Military expert Vasily Kashin, speaking on the liberal Dozhd TV channel, said that Putin was hinting at Ukraine and the United States.
“Of course, this is a political statement related to the international situation, primarily in Europe. He turned his attention to the situation in Ukraine, speaking about the unfinished punitive forces. This is a well-known point of contention both with Ukraine and with a number of countries in Eastern Europe. He drew attention to those who harbor aggressive plans in the context of an intensified confrontation with the United States. There was a comparison between today's opponents and those who were guilty of military conflicts of the XNUMXst century. This is a global trend, which is clearly manifested in Russia, it is quite alarming,” says Kashin.
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Sergei Obukhov, who was greatly impressed by the president’s speech, agrees with him.
“The European origin of the “Nazi beast” is indicated and attempts to again rely on “anti-Semitism and Russophobia”, the rehabilitation of “unfinished punitive forces” (an obvious reference to Bandera) and the nurturing of aggressive plans on the part of the West, which will be seen here more as Hitler’s heir than an ally anti-Hitler coalition, about the role of which this time there was not a word, in contrast to the repeated “Soviet”, “united people” and the emphasis that the Soviet soldier liberated Europe from fascism. There was a little missing at the end of the call “Long live the Communist Party!”, but in general the removal of idiosyncrasy from the word “Soviet” is obvious,” Obukhov wrote in his Telegram channel.
“What worries our opponents most is the possibility of reviving our winning mentality. People who must not survive, but win. Don't consume, but create. Don't laugh, but overcome. Achieve the impossible. And it penetrates us. This is an invisible sense of self-worth,” political scientist Dmitry Evstafiev commented on the president’s speech.
Let us note that on the eve of Victory Day, Vladimir Putin sent congratulations to the leaders of the states that were part of the USSR, except for the leaders of Ukraine and Georgia. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko followed his example.
“The President sent congratulations on Victory Day to the brotherly people of Ukraine. I didn't congratulate the clown. And he did the right thing,” Belarusian political scientist Alexander Shpakovsky commented on the congratulations.
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