Pushkov: We must protect our point of view on historical events

It is necessary to adopt a law on the protection of Russian history and the point of view on historical events. This was stated by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexei Pushkov, RIA Novosti reports. He commented on the adoption by the Latvian Seim of Latvia to the legislation, which provide for criminal liability "for the denial of the Soviet and Nazi occupation of the republic."

“Perhaps we need to think about accepting the legislation that will protect our history and our point of view on historical events, since there are a lot of people who want to distort both abroad and within Russia itself,” said Uniceros.

Pushkov believes that the recognition of the "Soviet occupation" leads to the political rehabilitation of Nazism and its supporters. He fears that Latvian law will be one -sided and directed "only against those who liberated Latvia from the Nazi troops." Uneneros noted that Latvian law will have to apply to the ban on the marches of the SS veterans in the republic.

The Commissioner for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin criticized the initiative of Pushkov, Interfax reports. “There are a lot of questions that you should think about. This proposal is cool even in comparison with the Stalinist times,” said Lukin. “Even during the existence of a“ brief course of the history of the CPSU ”, which should be taught by heart to everyone who wanted to get a good job in this life, he was not approved by the congress and, moreover, the supreme advice.”

“In general, an interesting thing will arise. Suppose I will think that the most outstanding commander of the Patriotic War of 1812 was not Kutuzov, but Barclay de Tolly or Bagration. What, it will not be possible to think, because there will be a different decision of the State Duma?” - noted Lukin.

“This is a proposal for the introduction of unanimous thought in Russia,” said Arseny Roginsky, head of the historical, educational and human rights society. He expressed the hope that this attempt would not be crowned with success. "This endless attempt to give history one single interpretation, subordinated to today's momentary interests, cannot but disturb normal people," he said.

On January 30, participants in the Patriotic platform of United Russia proposed to introduce fines and punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to five years for the justification of Nazism . According to the bill presented at a meeting of the platform, the public approval or denial of the Nazberg tribunal established by the verdict of the Nazism is supposed to be punished with a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles, or by deprivation of liberty for up to three years. The same acts committed using the official position or the media are punishable by a fine of 100 thousand to 500 thousand rubles, or imprisonment to five years.

The head of the State Duma Committee on Security and Countering Corruption, Irina Yarovaya, at a meeting of the platform, explained that attempts to rehabilitation of Nazism acquire "increasingly ugly forms", so it is necessary to adopt the law "to protect historical memory from any encroachments" and attempts to rehabilitation of Nazism.

On January 16, President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the developers of the concept of a new training complex on domestic history, that before the start of the new school year, all exam materials, including issues of the exam, should be formed on the basis of a new concept on the history of Russia.

On February 19, 2013, Putin demanded to write unified textbooks of Russian history for high school , "not having internal contradictions and double interpretations." With such a statement, he made a meeting of the Presidential Council on Interethnic Relations. According to Putin, textbooks for different classes should be "built as part of a single concept", based on "respect for all pages of our past." He emphasized that guidelines are needed, on the example of which "today's generation could educate its children." “The country should have heroes,” Putin said.