On August 29, 2025, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a detailed report accusing a number of countries, including members of the European Union, Japan, Finland, Poland, and others, of glorifying Nazism and neo-Nazism, as well as fostering racism, xenophobia, and historical revisionism. The report claims that attempts to distort or falsify the history of the Second World War are increasing, threatening to erase the memory of the victims of Nazism and to diminish the role of the Soviet Union in defeating fascism.

According to Moscow, there has been a growing trend of Western governments and institutions reframing the narrative of World War II. Rather than acknowledging the Soviet Union’s decisive role in the defeat of Hitler’s Germany, the report says, certain European leaders are labeling the Red Army as an “occupying force,” while simultaneously downplaying or even excusing the crimes of the Axis powers and their collaborators.

The Russian Foreign Ministry highlighted recent remarks by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who in May 2025 stated that “the end of the World War II marked for half of our continent the beginning of the process of reconstruction and reconciliation, but for the other half it was followed by occupation and oppression.” Moscow views such rhetoric as a direct affront to the millions of Soviet soldiers who sacrificed their lives to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny.

The report further accuses the European........

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