Grim picture under scrutiny
Russia calls upon unbiased assessment of reasons that
led to WW II:
Statement by the Council of Federation of the
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow on the 70th
anniversary of the beginning of World War II
The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World
War II, calls upon the world community for fair and unbiased assessment
of the reasons for and implications of that historic event.
Bleak memories of World War II Picture courtesy:
Britanicca.com |
World War II that started on September 1, 1939, became the largest
tragedy of the 20th Century. It took a heavy toll of millions of lives.
Therefore, the memory of it should remain clear, with no spots of
politically motivated distortions.
History has returned the verdict that these are the leaders of Nazy
Germany who are to be primarily accused of that tragedy. The Nuremberg
International Military Tribunal qualified their actions which had
brought about an aggressive war as the gravest crime against humanity.
The world community has recognized the verdict as final and
irreversible.
World War II stemmed from irreconcilable differences had been growing
since early 1920s among several States, as well as from their selfish
ambitions and aggressive aspirations.
At the same time, we cannot overlook that until World War II burst
out in pursuance of their own goals, some political forces governing
several influential European States impeded the establishment of an
effective European collective security system, which was unthinkable
without the USSR, as it is now without Russia. Moscow’s foreign policy
in 1930s might be viewed differently - it is a matter of interpretation
- but it is of no doubt that the USSR consistently supported the
establishment of pan-European system of mutual obligations and
safeguards to prevent a full-scale military conflict. Unfortunately,
this position was not supported by other States, neither when Germany
was unilaterally dismantling the Versailles-Washington system of
international relations shaped after World War I, nor after Austria’s
Anschluss, nor Hitler (in an effort to “pacify” him) was given a right
to define the future of Czechoslovakia - then a sovereign European
State.
World War II became not only an ordeal, but also a lesson for the
entire mankind, which after that tragedy in 1945 created a system of
international relations on the basis of democracy, mutual respect and
non-use of force, as reflected by the fundamental principles of the UN
and other international organizations.
However, on the eve of this mournful date, several European States
including those who fought on the side of Hitler’s Germany, and
international parliamentary structures make active attempts to revise
the true causes of World War II and place the equal responsibility for
its unleashing on the USSR and Hitler’s Germany and also to discharge
those who were accomplices of the Hitler’s forces, committed outrages on
the territories of the States occupied by the Nazi and were defeated
together with the Third Reich.
The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation declares that such attempts pose a direct insult to our
multi-ethnic nation, which paid the highest price for the hard-won
peace. The steps aimed at revising the history have far-reaching
political goals in order to revise the results of World War II. As a
result, this undermines the established international relations system
and creates new hotbeds among peoples and States of the European
Continent that contradict the key principles of international relations
and interests of security and global stability.
The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation condemns any attempt aimed at biased interpretation of
historical facts used as an instrument in the today’s struggle for
influence in the world.
The Council of Federation counts on understanding and support of all
those who care about the historical truth, peaceful future of Europe and
the whole world. |