Putin spoke about the importance of recognizing the genocide of the population of the USSR

President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and residents of besieged Leningrad that the topic of recognizing the genocide against the population of the USSR turned out to be very important today, because at one time at the Nuremberg Trials it was impossible to fully imagine and consider all the available this account is evidence. At the same time, the head of state took the opportunity to once again express gratitude to those who went through the war for what they did during the war years for the country and its northern capital.

“The issue of recognizing the genocide against the civilian population of the Soviet Union is extremely important,” the president said. He also recalled that assessments on this issue were given at the trial, but this is not enough. But the delay in making a comprehensive decision on this issue was, according to Vladimir Putin at that moment, understandable: during the process, “it was impossible even to consider and present all the facts testifying to this genocide.”