'They are trying to convince young people that it is the West, not the Soviet troops, that deserves credit for the victory over Nazism and EuropeвЂ™s liberation thanks to the Normandy landings less than a year before the defeat of Nazism,' he explained. 'In the latter case, that was the regime of the Third Reich, the Axis powers and their collaborators, including on the occupied territories.' Flame of truth will never dieДЄccording to Lavrov, false interpretations of history are being introduced into the Western education system. 'In the former case, that was the USSR, which brought the lives of its sons and daughters to the altar of the Victory, along with other anti-Hitler coalition members,' the minister pointed out. 'The Nuremberg Trials, whose decisions became an integral part of international law, clearly defined who stood for good and who stood for evil.' 'The Nazi occupation, which claimed tens of millions of lives, and crimes committed by collaborators are cynically equated with the Red ArmyвЂ™s liberation mission,' he stressed. 'By doing so, Russia allegedly rejects humanism and the values of the вЂcivilizedвЂ™ world, while Europe, they say, has forgotten about вЂpast grievances,вЂ™ letting вЂbygones be bygonesвЂ™ and is building вЂforward-looking relationsвЂ™ in a tolerant way.' Good and evilДЄccording to RussiaвЂ™s top diplomat, ill-wishers seek to downplay the USSRвЂ™s role in the war and portray it as the aggressor. 'Sometimes one can hear people both abroad and here saying that public conscience is being militarized in Russia, while parades and manifestations on Victory Day are nothing but attempts to impose bellicose, warmongering sentiment on a government level,' he went on to say.

The minister pointed to attempts to dishonor heroes, 'sow the seeds of doubt about the rightness of the path that our ancestors followed.' 'The more impressive the anniversary figures are, the more often one is confronted with historical unconsciousness.' It is sad that there are those in Russia who parrot false stories spread by those willing to bury these memories and who believe that the time has come to renounce the solemn celebrations of Victory Day,' Lavrov pointed out. 'Unfortunately, far from everyone around the world cherishes the memories of that Victory.

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