“When there is an attack on historical memory, it usually takes place in several stages.
For example, for a long period of time, American historiography, without denying the participation of the Soviet Union in World War II, did everything to belittle the role of our army, our people in the victory over fascism and exaggerate the role of the United States and its main ally on the European continent - Britain ...
This was the first situation when there was a struggle to assess the role of this or that country in World War II, ”Novikov explained.
The deputy noted that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, new temptations arose to create "prerequisites for new attacks on Russia."
He also added that if such a key event of the 20th century as the victory over Nazi Germany "is subject to such ruthless interpretations," then "then what can we say about the beginning of the space age."
“The United States is very proud of its landing on the moon, the United States is proud that it has its own successes in space, and I would very much like now to disavow the successes that the Soviet Union had in space exploration.
It would be strange for the United States not to mention the beginning of the space age ... Therefore, such things happen when a faceless mention should remind not so much about Gagarin, not so much about Korolev, not so much about the Soviet Union, not so much about Moscow, but about the United States itself. ... This is how this whole system of falsifications happens, which is not accidental and which has far-reaching goals, "the parliamentarian concluded.
Earlier, the Russian embassy in the United States announced the "unconsciousness" of the State Department, which did not mention the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the message about the manned space flight.