From here we will threaten

Russian deputies are preparing a bill that involves a number of measures against the former Soviet republics for the rehabilitation of Nazism, as well as for criticizing “declaring criminal actions of countries participating in the anti-Hitler coalition.” As Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes, in addition, the Criminal Code will include an article punishing the rehabilitation of Nazism and Nazi criminals with three to five years of imprisonment, both for Russian and foreign citizens if they find themselves on Russian territory. The article in the Criminal Code already has a positive review from the Supreme Court. It, in particular, provides for punishment for public distortion of the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal “for the purpose of full or partial rehabilitation of Nazism.” And if in the Baltic countries or Ukraine they continue to declare any actions of the Red Army or the security forces of the USSR criminal, or at least question them, this should also be punished. (I wonder, for example, whether this means that it will be impossible to condemn the actions of the barrier detachments or SMERSH.) An ordinary citizen for such a crime will receive three years in prison, the corresponding statement by an official or publication in the media will be punishable by five years and a fine of one hundred to five hundred thousand rubles , the newspaper writes.

It is also planned to create a special Public Commission, which will review the activities of foreign politicians, parties and even public organizations in this area and make recommendations to government bodies “not to let them in”; if such gentlemen come to us, then judge them according to our laws. Of course, all these measures will also affect our own citizens. But the expulsion of ambassadors, the complete or partial blocking of transport and information communications, and the severance of diplomatic relations with a country that is to some extent rehabilitating Nazism or trying to doubt the results of World War II are also being considered. There may also be “state recommendations to the business community or public organizations to cease contacts with this or that organization, with legal entities or individuals subject to this law,” as well as bans on the activities of certain foreign organizations on Russian territory.

There is no doubt that marches of SS veterans are an extremely unpleasant phenomenon that one should not turn a blind eye to. Another thing is that the country should first of all monitor what is happening at home, and not behind the fence. Particularly strange in this light is the reaction to the discussion of the actions of Soviet law enforcement agencies. And if the statement of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu about punishing those who doubted the role of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War could be taken with a smile, then the current plans are already somewhat frightening. It turns out that Russia is punishing anti-fascism with one hand (remember the recent inadequate sentence to Alexei Olesinov), and with the other it is threatening possible supporters of Nazism, and, it seems, some of the wrong ones.