Russia recalled that “the Soviet people contributed to Hitler’s defeat, paying a huge price for the release of Nazism Europe.”
The Government of Russia criticized Germany’s decision to approve a series of restrictions against commemorative acts in Berlin for the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patria war.
The Russian embassy in Germany described the measures as “unjustified, discriminatory, humiliating and degrading (…) we see in them a clear manifestation of historical revisionism and political situation”, so that the diplomatic mission demanded “the annulment of the corresponding decision.”
The Russian authorities remembered Germany that “the Soviet people contributed decisively to the defeat of Hitler’s warlike machinery, paying a huge price for the release of Europe from Nazism.”
According to an order of May 2, from 6:00 a.m. on May 8 until 10:00 p.m. on May 9, 2025, it is prohibited from carrying military uniforms and other symbols in several commemorative monuments of the Soviet war; As well as exhibiting the San Jorge tape, the flags of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), in addition to the reproduction or interpretation of marches and Soviet Russian songs of the war years.
