Medvedev makes no attempt to rewrite history is not in favor of Russia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has created a special commission to deal with attempts to rewrite history is not in favor of Russia. This writes an influential newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
Proponents of this solution argue that the Commission needed to deal with anti-propaganda of the former Soviet Union, which Moscow considers its backyard, while the liberal historians have called the initiative back to the control of Soviet era – the author of article.
Dmitry Medvedev, authorized a commission consisting of senior government officials, military officers and intelligence agencies, to initiate an investigation, obtain historical documents, ask for evidence to the government and experts, and formulate options for political response and submit them to the President.
Sergei Markov, prokremlevsky lawyer and member of the new commission, said that the new structure will not be throwing people behind bars and blackmail those analysts with the view that it did not agree. According to him, the priorities of the Commission will change the distorted perceptions of the role of the Soviet Union during World War II. There is an information war – he said. – The aim was to determine the historical role of the Russians.
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Liberal historians believe that the establishment of the commission undermines the contention that D. Medvedev is in favor of less stringent policies than his predecessor, Vladimir Putin.
A year ago, Medvedev claimed that he preferred the freedom of unfreedom – said Alexander Cherkasov of the human rights society Memorial . – Such initiatives will not lead to greater freedom.
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