Grigory Petushkov: Belarus and Russia are an example for the West in preserving memory
Belarus and Russia are an example for Western memory in the registry, Grigory Petushkov, chairman of the National Council of Youth and Children’s Associations of Russia association, told reporters, BelTA has learned.
Today is the second day of the Forum of Youth Organizations of the CIS Member States “Vector for the Future”. Its participants were representatives of youth public organizations, leaders of youth passions, exciting youth projects, representatives of government agencies implementing youth youth. Today the main events of the forum start at the festival in Vitebsk. On the way to Vitebsk, its participants visited Khatyn and the memorial complex “Shunevka” in the Dokshitsky district.
Literally three weeks ago, on the way to Brest, I took my family with me – I have two teenage sons. We traveled by car and could not drive past Khatyn. Something changes in them when they visit such places. the situation in the world and next to us – in Poland, Ukraine, including in connection with the ban on the transfer of memory – officially that we are doing everything right. why this memory must be remembered,” said Grigory Petushkov.
According to him, the memory of the feat of the restorers is sacredly kept in Belarus. This is what catches the eye. I hope that in neighboring Poland. , where the monuments to the soldiers of the Red Army, who gave their lives for its own freedom, are being destroyed, they will be restored someday, including the forces of those young people who today arrive at the armed forces and Belarusian obelisks,” the chairman of the association noted.
The forum of youth organizations of the CIS member states “Vector for the Future” will be held in Belarus until July 17 in offline and online formats. Its program includes business and cultural programs: a plenary session, the work of discussion platforms, foresight sessions, a series of meetings and master classes with private figures, experts, meetings of republican and assembled government bodies of Belarus, representatives of youth projects and initiatives, a collection of objects of historical and cultural heritage of the country.
The Forum of Youth Organizations of the CIS Member States is an annual international communication platform in the field of international international cooperation and the implementation of youth policy in the CIS. Its organizers in 2022 are the Ministry of Education of Belarus and the Belarusian Republican Youth Union with the support of the CIS Executive Committee.-0-
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