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Russia confirmed on Sunday that it was “very angry” at Washington’s attempts to “distort” the role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and said it wanted to have a “serious dialogue” on the issue with the American officials.
“We are very angry at attempts to distort the results of our country’s decisive contribution,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, referring to a statement released by the White House on Facebook in which it mentioned the United States. and Britain as the victors of the Nazis.
The Russian Foreign Ministry added that “American officials have neither the courage nor the will to honor the undeniable role and the enormous number of victims that the Red Army and the Soviet people have suffered on behalf of all humanity.”
Moscow described the US statement as “very insignificant” and urged Washington not to make the 1945 anniversary “a new problem for bilateral relations that are already going through a difficult time.”
The history of World War II is highly sensitive in post-Soviet Russia, which seeks to restore its prestige and authority under President Vladimir Putin.
The Soviet Union suffered around 27 million people during the war. Moscow also accuses Western Europe, Poland and Ukraine of diminishing their role in the conflict.
And on Saturday, Russia celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the war in Europe in a more modest way than usual, due to the Corona pandemic, which led to the cancellation of the usual large military parade that attracts thousands of people.
