According to President Medvedev, Joseph Stalin’s crimes against
the nation can not be forgiven.
"And despite the fact that he worked hard, despite the
fact that under his leadership the country succeeded, what
was done to its people cannot be forgiven," Medvedev
said in his interview to the Izvestia newspaper.
President ruled out restoration of Stalinism in the everyday
life, in particular, emergence of Stalinist symbols and placards
portraying the tyrant. “This has no taken place and will not
take place. This is absolutely ruled out. And this is, if
you want, the present state ideology and my assessment as
President of the Russian Federation,” he said.
Yesterday, on May 6, YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin made
a statement calling President of Russia to “give a tough official
assessment of the Stalin’s system and the attempts to associate
it with the Great Victory”.
Sergei Mitrokhin called Stalin placards - Placards with Stalin
– "Generalissimo of the Victory" –“an open and cynical
propaganda of that version of history which did not allow
even to sing [a song] about the tragedy of the winners and
where all the prisoners of war were considered traitors and
any attempts to doubt Stalin’s role as the Architect of the
Victory were banned”.
See also:
Overcoming Stalin's
Legacy
President of
Russia should give his assessment of Stalinism. Statement
by YABLOKO’s Chairman. May 7, 2010
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