MOSCOW, May 9. /TASS/. The events of June 22, 1941 will always serve as a reminder of the consequences of blind belief in one’s superiority and racism demonstrated by Nazi Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while delivering remarks at a ceremonial reception marking Victory Day.
The president noted that it is Russia’s duty to prevent any justification of Nazism and the genocide of Soviet people.
TASS has compiled the key statements made by the head of state.
Shared victory
Russia has never divided Victory into its own and someone else’s: "It is well known that the peoples of the Soviet Union made the decisive contribution to the defeat of Nazism. At the same time, we have never divided this grand Victory into ours and others’."
