Russia may join the countries where the public denial of certain historical facts will be regarded as criminal offence. "Certain historical facts" have been indicated by the innovation initiator, the Speaker of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov. The point is in criminal prosecution of those justifying the crime committed by Nazis during the years of the Great Patriotic War. According to the commentator of "Mayak" Radio Station Andrey Svetenko, the Armenian Genocide committed in the Ottoman Empire should also be ranked among such historical facts.