Putin: Nazi crimes have no statute of limitations
[Regnum] The crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices have no statute of limitations. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this on January 17during the opening ceremony of a memorial in memory of civilians of the USSR - victims of Nazi genocide during the Great Patriotic War in St. Petersburg.
“Our compassion is passed down from generation to generation and has no statute of limitations. Just as the crimes of Hitler’s fanatics and their accomplices - those who cold-bloodedly planned and cruelly committed the genocide of the Soviet people - do not have any significance,” he said.
As Regnum reported, earlier on January 27, the president laid flowers at the “Boundary Stone” monument on the Nevsky Patch on the anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad. Putin knelt and laid a bouquet of red roses tied with a black ribbon at the monument.
On January 26, the head of state called the generation that defeated Nazism and survived the siege of Leningrad a great moral example for all residents of Russia. He clarified that the nuclear icebreaker "Leningrad" will be another tribute to the memory of the immortal feat of the Leningraders.
Earlier in the day, Putin said that Russia will always remember the cost of victory over Nazism during World War II. The President emphasized that this memory is sacred for the country.
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Putin: the tragedies of blockade survivors and concentration camp prisoners showed the monstrosity of Nazism
The tragedies of Leningraders who were besieged during the Great Patriotic War and concentration camp prisoners will always testify to the monstrous essence of Nazism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on January 27 at the opening ceremony of the Gatchina Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Genocide.
The opening of the memorial was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad in 1944, as well as the liberation of prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945 a year later.
“The tragedies and martyrdom of Leningraders, as well as prisoners of death camps, will forever remain evidence of the monstrous essence of Nazism, the unimaginable suffering of millions of innocent civilians,” Putin said.
The opening ceremony was also attended by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who arrived in Russia on a working visit.
As IA Regnum reported, in St. Petersburg on January 27, on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad, lights were lit on the Rostral columns. At the Piskarevskoye cemetery, where 420 thousand dead siege survivors and Red Army soldiers were buried, wreaths were laid at the Motherland monument. Putin laid flowers at the “Boundary Stone” monument on Nevsky Patch.
On the day of the anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called for remembering the feat and courage of the Soviet people who defeated fascism. He called the siege of the city one of the worst tragedies of World War II, noting that its residents accomplished a great feat by surviving those years.
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Putin: Nazism was defeated in 1945, but not eliminated
The aggression that Russia faces today suggests that Nazism was defeated in 1945, but not eliminated. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this on January 27at a concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade.
“Then, in 1945, Nazism was defeated, but not eliminated. Russophobia, xenophobia, and nationalism have become a weapon of revanchists in many European countries, in the Baltic states, and, unfortunately, in Ukraine,” the Russian leader said.
The President also emphasized that Russia will never betray the memory and feat of our fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers, and will never forget their sacrificial path to the Great Victory.
Earlier, on January 27, Putin, at the opening ceremony of the Gatchina Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Genocide, said that the tragedies of Leningraders who were besieged during the Great Patriotic War and concentration camp prisoners will always testify to the monstrous essence of Nazism. The opening of the memorial was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad in 1944, as well as the liberation of prisoners of the Auschwitz (Auschwitz) concentration camp in 1945 a year later.
On the anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad, January 27, Putin laid flowers at the “Boundary Stone” monument on the Nevsky Patch, and also laid a wreath at the “Mother Motherland” monument at the Piskarevsky cemetery.
Germany on January 27 acknowledged historical responsibility for the crimes of German troops committed during the siege of Leningrad. In a statement, the German Foreign Ministry said that on the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad, Berlin remembers the horrors and suffering that the Wehrmacht brought to Leningrad and its inhabitants.
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, at an event at the Russian diplomatic mission dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad, said that some political parties in Europe are turning Nazism almost into pride. In this regard, he recalled that the Nuremberg trials, which took place in Germany in 1945–1946, condemned and prohibited Nazism.