Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025

Victory over fascism is one of the key, meaningful events in the history of our country.

We bow our heads and honour the memory of those who died in the struggle for life, for our country, against the state misanthropic ideology of fascism, and the practices of physical destruction of defenceless people.

Our country paid a terrible price in this struggle. The official figure of losses, 27 million dead, is a scale that causes endless pain and is difficult to comprehend. This is a great tragedy for our people, the consequences of which we continue to feel.

We remember and will never forget our allies in the war against fascism, all the people of the world who were part of the anti-Hitler coalition. Ending the war and creating a new world order, the victors sought to unite humanity and prevent new wars in the future.

We note with pain that the theme of World War II is increasingly used not to unite, but to divide people, becoming a bargaining chip for propaganda of different directions.

Instead of moving towards historical truth, we increasingly encounter the creation of new myths and the exploitation of old ones. We consider such a substitution to be a disregard for the memory of the people who earned Victory with their lives.

We call for respect for the history of the war, disclose archives, provide easier access to documents, respect facts, including those inconvenient from the point of view of political conjuncture.

We are categorically against using the Victory to justify Bolshevism and Stalinism, which brought countless suffering to the victorious people.

We appeal to Russians who remember and honour the Victory: do not succumb to hatred and provocations aimed at dehumanisation, humiliation of human dignity of fellow citizens and citizens of other countries – the descendants of the creators of the Victory.

Eternal grateful memory to those who gave their lives for the victory over fascism!

Grigory Yavlinsky,

Chairman of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee