MOSCOW. (Political commentator Leonid Mlechin...
the two armies - the casualties were civilian.When the past is being revised with the advent of the new era, there is the temptation to make a contrary assessment. Those who fought on Hitler's side are becoming heroes not only in Ukraine and the Baltic countries. Some people in Russia are also saying that collaboration with the Nazis may be justified by the struggle against communism. There are proposals to build monuments to Andrei Vlasov who placed his army at Hitler's disposal, or to Cossack ataman Pyotr Krasnov, who swore allegiance to Hitler and wanted to deprive Russia of the Don River area... These figures are being described as anti-Stalinists and fighters for freedom, but an unbiased historical analysis shows that as Hitler's allies, they were helping the fuehrer to implement the program to destroy Russia, and enslave Russians and other Slavs.
History will continue to be revised. New documents and testimonies often change ideas about events
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