Medvedev against the Stalinists

On the day of memory of the victims of political repressions, Dmitry Medvedev said that it is unacceptable to justify crimes committed in the 30s. “Let's only think about it: millions of people died as a result of terror and false accusations - millions ... But you can still hear that these numerous sacrifices were justified by some higher state goals,” the president said in the appeal placed on his video blog. - I am convinced that no development of the country, no successes, ambitions can be achieved at the cost of human grief and losses. Nothing can be placed above the value of human life. And there are no excuses. ” According to the president, the memory of national tragedies is as sacred as the memory of victories. “Over the course of twenty pre -war years ... the Cossacks were practically eliminated. “The peasantry has been dispossessed” and bloodless, ”the head of state reminded the audience in his appeal. - The intelligentsia, and workers, and the military were subjected to political persecution. Representatives of absolutely all religious faiths were persecuted ... It is important to prevent the justification of the excuses of those who destroyed their people under the guise of restoring the historical justice. ”

Photo by Alamy/Photos/Monument to the victims of political repression in the Arts Park "Museon" at the Central House