European countries should protest against approval of the draft law in Latvia, which equals rights of the Red Army veterans and SS Legionaries, the Federation Council believes, TASS reports.
According to members of the Upper House of the Russian Parliament, this law contradicts the truth and justice. They called the countries included into the European Union for criticizing abuse of legal power.
The senators have stated that this is all happening in modern Europe, where collaborationism of the Second World War is criticized by truly democratic countries and societies.
Authors of the document are addressing the parliaments of countries, which voted for UN resolution about contradiction to glorification of Nazism with a request to condemn a new Latvian law. The Federation Council calls it a challenge to the whole world community and historical memory of nations defeating Fascism.
Members of the Federation Council are sure that there are no any excuses from the political or moral points of view to equal rights of Nazi criminals, their allies and fighters against Fascism spilling own blood and giving lives for liberation of Europe from the Fascism.
It is worth reminding that from now and on, Second World War participants are those who had Latvian citizenship as from the date of June 17th 1940. Riga calls this day the beginning of occupation. Participants of World War II are only citizens of Latvia who were fighting against the Soviet Regime, the Third Reich and its allies in military divisions of other countries.
Russkiy Mir
