Attempts to rewrite the history are aimed "to undermine the power and moral authority of modern Russia, deprive of its status of the country-winner with all the expected international legal consequences, as well as to divide and put nations at loggerheads and to use historical speculation in geopolitical games," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Russian President has instructed Russia’s Victory Day celebration organizing committee to effectively counter attempts to distort the truth about World War II.
"The task of the Russian organizing committee in each Russian region is to effectively counter these challenges with the citizens’ active participation and support; it is important to use all the possibilities to tell the truth about the Fatherland history, about combat heroism and labor achievements of our ancestors, to open the doors before those who want to become known in this field, fulfill their aspiration to make a contribution to the national cause, patriotic education, defending the own country’s national interests," the President said at a meeting of the Victory organizing committee.
