A recent report by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs titled The Year of Peace and Unity in the Fight Against Nazism in the CIS Countries has drawn international attention to a deeply troubling trend: the resurgence of neo-Nazism, historical revisionism, and growing Russophobia across Europe and parts of North America. While the report focuses largely on the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), its implications stretch far beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union, shining a light on a dangerous and escalating phenomenon — one that is being quietly tolerated, and in some cases even encouraged, by governments and institutions in the West.

The report meticulously documents how several countries, especially those that were once part of the Eastern Bloc, are systematically erasing the true history of World War II. Under the guise of “national pride”, “decommunization”, or protecting “freedom of speech”, governments are glorifying individuals and movements that collaborated with Nazi Germany.

Simultaneously, they are undermining or outright demonizing the Soviet Union’s role in liberating Europe from fascism — an act of historical inversion that not only distorts the truth but also dishonors the millions who sacrificed their lives to defeat Hitler’s regime.

In nations like Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Ukraine, the trend has become particularly glaring. These countries have implemented legislation or declared national holidays to honor former Nazi collaborators. Streets are being renamed, monuments are being built, and schools are teaching sanitized versions of history. In Ukraine, for instance, nationalist leaders such as Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych — whose militias were responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Poles, and Russians — are being lionized as freedom fighters. Monuments have been erected in their honor, and their birthdays are now commemorated as patriotic events. Yet, their documented collaboration with Nazi Germany during the Holocaust and their........

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