Russia: Criminal Investigation to Certify Soviet Soldiers’ Monument in Athens
The case of his certificate takes on dimensions of a monument to Soviet soldiers in Kallitheaas according to RIA Novosti, its Research Committee Of the Russian Federation opened a criminal investigation into the incident.
Representatives of the Commission of Inquiry clarified that the case was opened as a criminal act has been committed, as provided by paragraphs “a” and “b” of part 2 of Article 243.4 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation. The specific articles speak of “the destruction of military monuments that perpetuate the memory of those who died defending the Homeland.”
At the same time, the reaction of the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was strong Maria Zakharovawhich called on the Greek authorities to find and severely punish the vandals to prevent a recurrence of such unacceptable incidents.
A corresponding verbal statement was immediately sent from the Russian embassy in Athens to the Greek Foreign Ministry, as Zakharova stated, adding: “We are waiting for information on the results of the investigation.”
The Russian side expresses deep anger at what happened, while referring to “an unprecedented event in Greece, whose population was violently replaced by the Nazi occupiers during World War II. “Greek citizens are very careful with the memory of the Soviet soldiers who liberated Europe.”
It is recalled that strangers did not allow the word “Azov” to be written on the plaques, apparently referring to the Nazi Order of Ukraine.
The incident provoked the organization of the Russian embassy in Athens, which issued a harsh statement:
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We unequivocally condemn this immoral attempt to insult history and the unacceptable act of vandalism.
After this criminal act and the countless revelations of the inhabitants of Mariupol and Donba, do we need additional evidence of the Nazi nature of Azov and other similar battalions of extreme nationalists in Ukraine?
We call on the Greek authorities to do whatever is necessary to investigate this barbaric attack and to punish the vandals. “
He condemned the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In his announcement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he condemned the attestation of the monument.
“We condemn the attestation of a monument to the memory of three Soviet soldiers who were executed by the Nazi occupation forces in the summer of 1944.
“Greece, a country that suffered from the Nazi occupation, is particularly sensitive in protecting the memory of the victims of Nazism and condemns any use of symbols of this dark period in history,” it said.