'By doing so, Russia allegedly rejects humanism and the values of the ‘civilized’ world, while Europe, they say, has forgotten about ‘past grievances,’ letting ‘bygones be bygones’ and is building ‘forward-looking relations’ in a tolerant way.' Good and evilĪccording to Russia’s top diplomat, ill-wishers seek to downplay the USSR’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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