Shoigu offers to criminalize the denial of USSR victory in World War II
Sergey Shoigu, Head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, put forward a suggestion to pass a law that would stipulate criminal responsibility for denial of the USSR's victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The minister stressed out that there was a number of countries on the post-Soviet space that deny both the results of the Great Patriotic War and the deeds of the Soviet nation in it. The law, the official added, would allow to protect Russia's history.
"The presidents of several countries, who deny that, would not be able to come to our country unpunished, and the mayors of several towns would think twice before they decide to dismantle the monuments to Soviet warriors", he added.
Shoigu pointed out that he drew the idea from the experience of some countries which had legalized criminal responsibility for denial of the Holocaust.
The minister stressed out that there was a number of countries on the post-Soviet space that deny both the results of the Great Patriotic War and the deeds of the Soviet nation in it. The law, the official added, would allow to protect Russia's history.
"The presidents of several countries, who deny that, would not be able to come to our country unpunished, and the mayors of several towns would think twice before they decide to dismantle the monuments to Soviet warriors", he added.
Shoigu pointed out that he drew the idea from the experience of some countries which had legalized criminal responsibility for denial of the Holocaust.
