As the Russian diplomat noted, the exorbitant level of mockery of historical memory displayed in the Baltic countries cannot but cause disgust.
Gatilov recalled that Latvian nationalists are promoting a bill in the local parliament, “which provides not only for the complete demolition of monuments to Soviet liberating soldiers in Latvia before July 1, 2024, but also, in fact, encourages the desecration of their graves.” The Russian permanent representative noted that the Baltic authorities’ “total war” with monuments to Red Army soldiers is part of a “broad campaign to rewrite the history and results of the Second World War” enshrined in the UN Charter. , as well as in the verdicts of the international military tribunals of Nuremberg and Tokyo.
Gatilov regretted that international human rights mechanisms and organizations today “demonstrate an inability and, perhaps, a conscious reluctance to condemn such barbarities in the Baltic countries.” The diplomat called on UN representatives to respond publicly to the neo-Nazi attacks by the authorities of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia against the honor and memory of those who saved Europe and the entire world from the horrors of Nazi Germany.
