Monument to Soviet soldiers-liberators on Mount Slavin in Bratislava. Archival photoMOSCOW, March 15 The head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed to open a criminal case on the fact of desecration of the memorial to Soviet soldiers in Slovakia, according to the department’s website. It is noted that the actions of the attackers were directed against Russia’s interests in preserving the historical memory of the activities of the USSR during the Second World War and its decisive role in the victory over fascism.»They admired»: who is behind the denigration of the exploits of Soviet soldiers «Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin instructed the Main Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee to establish all the circumstances of what happened in the framework of the criminal case, and also request the information necessary for the investigation from the Russian Foreign Ministry,» the Russian Foreign Ministry said. in the message. On the night of March 2-3, a memorial to Soviet soldiers-liberators was desecrated at the Slavin military memorial complex in Bratislava. According to the Investigative Committee, the attackers doused the central memorial to Soviet soldiers in Bratislava with blue and yellow paint. 6,845 Red Army soldiers who died in Slovakia in battles with the Nazis are buried in the Slavin military memorial complex. It was also reported that on the night of March 9, unknown vandals desecrated a monument to a liberator soldier at the Memorial Cemetery of Soviet Army Soldiers in the town of Svidnik in eastern Slovakia . The Russian Embassy in Slovakia, in its statement, called this act a shameless and shameful desecration of the memory of the fallen. . About 21,000 Red Army soldiers died in Dukla for the liberation of Slovakia, and 9,000 of them were buried at the memorial in Svidnik. memorial
