Russian Foreign Ministry: USSR saved European democracy from destruction

This was reported by TASS with reference to a message published in the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“One can evaluate Soviet policy differently at the initial stage of World War II, but one cannot deny the fact that it was the Soviet Union that defeated Nazism, liberated Europe and saved European democracy from annihilation,” the report said.

Earlier, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that Berlin will not forget its responsibility for crimes in Europe.

The Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Shimon Shinkovsky Vel Senk, explaining why Russia was not invited to commemorative events on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, said that Russia's position does not correspond to “historical truth”.