based On rare archival documents wrote an article for the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war President of Russia Vladimir Putin. It is published in the journal National Interest. In preparing the article, the Russian head of state got acquainted with the unique archival materials, where “everything is laid out by years, months, almost to the day.” They set out, as there is a “pacification” of Hitler.
19 Jun 2020 Russian text of the article will be published on the website of the Kremlin. The article by Vladimir Putin called on all countries to accelerate the process of declassification of prewar and wartime archives, to publish them stored in unknown documents, ka did Russia in recent years.
“In this regard, we are ready to cooperation and joint research projects with the participation of historians,” — said the Russian President.
According to the head of the Russian state, those who deliberately puts the post-war consensus into question, undermining the very foundations of the whole post-war Europe. Putin explained that he meant adopted by the European Parliament on 19 September 2019 resolution, the sponsors and supporters which is actually trying to put an equal sign between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
“unfortunately, it shows a deliberate policy aimed at destroying the post-war world order, the creation of which was a matter of honour and the responsibility of States, a number of representatives today voted in favor of this false resolution,” he wrote in the article, Putin said.
He noted that the USSR and the Red army contributed to the defeat of Nazism, who would’ve tried to prove today.
“At that time the leaders of the USSR, USA and great Britain stood, without exaggeration, a historic task. Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill represented the country with different ideologies, governmental ambitions, interests, cultures, but showed great political will has risen above controversy and preferences, and nominatedzeros to the fore the true interests of the world, — said the author of the article. As a result they were able to come to agreement and reach a solution that benefits all mankind”.
as a result, adds Vladimir Putin, powers-winners have left us a system embodying the quintessence of the intellectual and political searches of several centuries.
“a Series of conferences — Tehran, Yalta, San Francisco and Potsdam laid the Foundation of the world, which for 75 years has not had a global war, despite the acute contradictions”, — said the President of Russia.
According to Putin, the twentieth century brought large-scale and comprehensive global conflicts, and in 1945, at the scene also left a nuclear weapon, capable of physically destroying the Earth.
“in Other words, the violent resolution of disputes has become unacceptably dangerous. And the winners of the Second world war knew it. They understood and were aware of their responsibility to humanity, – continued the head of the Russian state. — A cautionary tale of the League of Nations was taken into consideration in 1945. The structure of the UN Security Council was designed to make the guarantee of peace more concrete and effective. It originated as the Institute of the permanent members of the Security Council and the veto as their privilege and responsibility.”
the Article contains another call to the current political leaders of the world.
“Our duty of all those who bear political responsibility, and especially of the representatives of the powers victorious in world war II — to guarantee the preservation and improvement of this system. Today, as in 1945, it is important to demonstrate political will and work together to discuss the future. Our colleagues — Mr. XI Jinping, Mr. macron, Mr. trump and Mr. Johnson supported the Russian initiative on holding a meeting of leaders of the five States possessing nuclear weapons, the postAlannah members of the Security Council. We thank them and hope that such face-to-face meeting could take place as early as possible”, — said Putin.
At this summit, it would be useful to discuss steps to develop collective principles in world Affairs, the issues of strengthening global and regional security, strategic arms control, and joint efforts to counter terrorism, extremism and other major challenges and threats. Special agenda item meetings the situation in the world economy overcoming the crisis .pandemic coronavirus COVID-19
According to Vladimir Putin, it is unacceptable to turn the economy into an instrument of pressure and confrontation.
“Russia has Proposed the agenda of the forthcoming summit of the “five” is extremely important and relevant for our countries and for the world. And we have specific ideas and initiatives at all points, — assured the Russian President. — Based on common historical memory, we can and should trust each other. This will provide a solid basis for successful negotiations and concerted action to strengthen stability and security in the world, as well as for the prosperity and well-being of all States. Without exaggeration, it is our duty and responsibility to the world, to the present and future generations.”
Putin’s Article published a few days before the Victory day Parade, which is due to the pandemic coronavirus has been moved from May 9 to June 24.
