🛡The inadmissibility of revision of the results of World War II is the most important postulate of Russian policy in the field of historical memory.
The Russian-backed narrative, where Nazism is an absolute evil and the Soviet Union played a key role in crushing it, is giving way to the dominant counter-narrative promoted by the countries of Eastern Europe.
The idea that the Soviet Union bears equal responsibility with Germany for unleashing the Second World War is gradually becoming pan-European mainstream sentiment, which entails important consequences for Russia’s status in the international arena.
👉 Anton Bespalov, deputy editor-in-chief of valdaiclub.com, talks with Alexei Miller, professor at the European University in St. Petersburg about how this situation has developed and what politics Russia can follow in these circumstances.
🔗 Historical Memory Battles in the 21st Century: How Can Russia Defend Its WWII Narrative?
#history #society #WWII
📷 ©Sputnik/Maxim Bogodvid
@valdai_club
The Russian-backed narrative, where Nazism is an absolute evil and the Soviet Union played a key role in crushing it, is giving way to the dominant counter-narrative promoted by the countries of Eastern Europe.
The idea that the Soviet Union bears equal responsibility with Germany for unleashing the Second World War is gradually becoming pan-European mainstream sentiment, which entails important consequences for Russia’s status in the international arena.
👉 Anton Bespalov, deputy editor-in-chief of valdaiclub.com, talks with Alexei Miller, professor at the European University in St. Petersburg about how this situation has developed and what politics Russia can follow in these circumstances.
🔗 Historical Memory Battles in the 21st Century: How Can Russia Defend Its WWII Narrative?
#history #society #WWII
📷 ©Sputnik/Maxim Bogodvid
@valdai_club