"But we see that Western media campaigns against Russia continue, attempts to use the subject of World War II as part of this campaign to conduct media attacks on our country are not abating… In this environment, the spread of objective information about our country’s decisive contribution to the defeat of Nazism, the consistent promotion of the inadmissibility of revising the results of Victory, remain an absolute priority in the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," the Russian diplomat said.
The leaders of India, South Africa, Egypt, Vietnam, and the Czech Republic were among the 30 state leaders who attended Russia’s largest military parade last year, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The Soviet Army's role in the defeat of Nazi Germany on May 9, 1945, is largely overlooked or glossed over in Western media outlets and history books, with more emphasis given to the battles fought on the Western Front. The Soviet Union lost about 27 million people in World War II, including military and civilian casualties. The number of military dead was estimated at above 8.7 million, more than half of all allied casualties.
