US EditionEuropean states accuse Russia of trying to erase memory of Stalin's crimes after monument disappears
The four countries demanded restoration of the memorial site and called the removals an attempt to erase the memory of Soviet repression.
- Authorities in Tomsk, Russia, dismantled a memorial complex dedicated to victims of Stalinist political repression on Sunday, April 19, prompting Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia to lodge formal protests on Thursday, April 23.
- Opened in 1992 on a suspected mass grave of NKVD victims, the complex honored those executed during the 1937-38 "Great Terror," in which nearly 700,000 people were executed according to conservative official estimates.
- Embassies of the four nations sent a joint letter to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, describing the removal as a "barbaric act" and demanding the site's restoration to preserve historical memory.
- This removal follows a Supreme Court ruling this month designating human rights group Memorial as an "extremist" movement, which authorities accused of "eroding historical, cultural, spiritual, and moral values."
- Nationalist lawmaker Andrei Lugovoi recently requested an investigation into Moscow's Solovetsky Stone, claiming it serves as a rallying point for Western ambassadors to divide Russian society.
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European nations: Russia is trying to erase Stalin's crimes
Four European states accused Russia of trying to destroy the memory of crimes committed by Soviet leader ,Josef Stalin who historians believe killed 700,000 of his own people. The outcry came when a monument dedicated to Russians and others executed…
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European states accuse Russia of trying to erase memory of Stalin’s crimes after monument disappears
Four European states have accused Russia of trying to destroy the memory of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s crimes against his own people after a monument to Russians and other people executed by his secret police was dismantled in Siberia.
Four European states - Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia - accused Russia on Thursday of trying to erase from memory the crimes committed by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin against his own people, after a monument dedicated to the Russians and other victims...
European states accuse Russia of trying to erase memory of Stalin's crimes after monument disappears
MOSCOW, April 23 - Four European states accused Russia on Thursday of trying to destroy the memory of Soviet leader Josef Stalin's crimes against his own people after a monument to Russians and other people executed by his secret police was dismantled in Siberia. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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