On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Second World War one can often hear people in the EU and Brussels talking about the need for historical truth.
I could not agree more - should such cardboard shield not hide unworthy attempts to downplay the role of the Soviet Union and its nations that sacrificed 27m lives for Victory, to equate Nazism to Communism, and, furthermore, to accuse the USSR of responsibility for this appalling tragedy of the 20th century.
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Already a member? Login hereAmbassador Vladimir Chizhov is the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union and Euratom.
Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov is the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union and Euratom.