The Russian president pointed out that today Nazism is resurgent in some countries and Europe is promoting Russophobia at the state level. Photo: Kremlin.ru

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this on Saturday Russia will “do everything to stop and completely eradicate Nazism” during the opening ceremony of the monument to Soviet civilian victims of the Nazi genocide in World War II.

The opening of the memorial complex coincides with the 80th anniversary of the uprising during the Blockade of Leningrad, the most brutal siege of World War II. In addition to Putin, his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko also took part in the ceremony.

In his speech, Putin assured that current supporters of Nazi ideology would be condemned. “We will do everything we can to stop and completely eradicate Nazism. The followers of the Nazi executioners, no matter what they are called today, are doomed. And nothing can stop the desire of millions of people not only in our country but around the world for true freedom, justice, peace and security,” the Russian leader emphasized.

The Russian president noticed this Today, some countries directly use the methods of the Nazis: Ukraine resorts to terror and barbaric murders, and Europe promotes Russophobia at the state level.

“We are seeing how the results of the Nuremberg Trials, in which National Socialism received a clear legal assessment, are being reviewed these days. In some countries, not only history is being rewritten and the executioners are being justified. “Revanchists and neo-Nazis have adopted the ideology and methods of the Nazis,” Putin said.

He noted that in the Baltic countries many people “are declared inhumane, deprived of their most basic rights and subjected to persecution.” “The Kiev regime glorifies Hitler's accomplices, the SS members, and uses terror against all undesirables. The barbaric bombings of peaceful cities and communities, the murders of the elderly, women and children continue,” the President recalled.

The destruction of an entire city

Regarding the siege of Leningrad, Putin noted that the siege of the city was “unprecedented in cruelty and cynicism.” The Nazis' goal was to “exterminate an entire city.” More than a million Leningrad residents, especially civilians, fell victim to hunger, cold and endless bombing,” he recalled.

The events experienced by the residents of besieged Leningrad and the prisoners of the Nazi camps “will continue to be testaments to the monstrous nature of Nazism,” the president noted.

The Russian leader emphasized that more than half of those killed in the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union were civilians. “And this is compelling evidence that the Nazis and their satellites were not fighting against a political regime or an ideology,” he said.

“No, their target was the very rich natural resources, the territories of our country and the physical destruction of the majority of citizens. They prepared the rest for the role of slaves, deprived of their culture, traditions and language. “These evil intentions are reflected in many Nazi documents and are reflected in horrific and horrifying mass executions and murders of civilians,” he added.

The president emphasized that the crimes of Hitler's supporters and their accomplices, “those who cold-bloodedly planned and cruelly committed the genocide of the Soviet people,” do not expire. Russia will continue to investigate all crimes committed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, he promised.

(With information from RT in Spanish)