Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 22Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov called the line of slandering Russia an attempt by the West to disguise its sins and free itself from guilt for its own dark past. He wrote a detailed commentary in response to an article in one of the Canadian newspapers, whose author accused Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War and Russian forces during the current special operation in Ukraine.Canada donated howitzers to Ukraine «We understand that, on a philosophical level, the denigration of Russia stems not just from the strategic needs of propaganda and information warfare. It is deeply rooted in the farthest corners of the Western soul. Every time accusing Russia of committing war crimes, the West seeks to hide its own sins and to get rid of the burden of guilt for their dark past. By demonizing us, the West is trying to get rid of the shame it feels when looking at its own reflection in the mirror,» Stepanov said. of what is now known as the United States», or the «shameful and bloody history of colonialism» of the British Empire, of which Canada was a part, with millions and millions of dead, enslaved and tortured. According to Stepanov, the «Nazi propaganda Goebbels machine», which was taken over by the American military intelligence and the CIA.» Such fabrications have become part of the information and psychological operations and propaganda policy aimed at dehumanizing and demonizing Russia and Russians in the unfolding Cold War,» the ambassador wrote. He stressed that Russia knows that such accusations and attempts to transfer them to new realities are historical fake.» Our main concern is that this kind of war of narratives is aimed at a Canadian audience in an attempt to distort the real picture by deliberately falsifying history. On the other hand, we also know that the people of Canada, whose grandfathers fought alongside my compatriots to liberate the world from Nazism, are thoughtful and… capable of distinguishing truth from lies,» Stepanov added. «The Russian soldier not only crushed Nazism, but , having won, retained humanity and humanism. He found the strength to forgive the unforgivable crimes committed by Germany and other countries that joined it, to reconcile in the noble desire to prevent the repetition of world wars,» he wrote. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal «protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To do this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» Donbass.According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine.The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass.
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