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"This is a mockery of the memory of millions of victims." "Memorial" on the celebration of "Chekist Day" in Russia
The board of the international Memorial called the celebration of the Day of the Russian security agency worker on December 20, the day of the formation of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK), “a mockery of the memory of millions of victims.”
According to Memorial, the Cheka and its successors “have few competitors in world history in terms of the scale of crimes against citizens of their own country,” and the celebration of Security Service Worker’s Day on December 20 is “a sign for the entire world that the Bolshevik regime is not a thing of the past.”
The statement notes that the protection of state interests in Russia was carried out before 1917, however, “from centuries of history, the date of the creation of the bloodiest special service of all times and peoples was chosen.”
“Preserving ‘Chekist Day’ under any name makes it difficult to believe in the sincerity of the speeches made at the opening of the monument to the victims of repression ,” the statement said.
You can't honor Abel and Cain at the same time. Such doublethink - no longer justified by fear of reprisals - is fraught with a repetition of the past. And even as a farce, it would not be funny.
- The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage was created on December 20, 1917. The organization became the prototype of the NKVD and KGB, the successor of which is the modern FSB of Russia. Security Agency Worker's Day has been celebrated in Russia on December 20 since 1995.
- On the centenary of the creation of the Cheka, protests took place in Moscow - in particular, Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina came to the FSB building with a poster reading "Happy birthday, executioners." She was detained.