During a telephone conversation, the two leaders also mentioned “various aspects of the situation in the Middle East” and Russian-Israeli relations.
Vladimir Putin denounced Tuesday May 6, 2025, during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, the “Revision attempts” of the history of the Second World War, whose Russian president accuses Westerners. According to a kremlin press release, “The two countries have stressed their determination to maintain the truth about the events of the Second World War, to counter attempts to revise its outcome and to falsify history”.
During this phone call, “The decisive contribution of the Red Army and the whole of the Soviet people to the defeat of Nazism has been underlined”he added. The two leaders also mentioned “Various aspects of the situation in the Middle East” And Russian-Israeli relations, according to the same source.
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A patriotism exploited by the authorities
Vladimir Putin often accuses Western countries of historical revisionism by trying to minimize or distort the crucial role of the USSR in victory against Nazi Germany. The 1945 victory is the central element of the Russian patriotic account and the memory of this war, which left more than 20 million dead in the USSR and asked for incredible sacrifices to its population, represents a trauma that is still felt within society.
This account nourishes a patriotism widely exploited by the authorities, which compare the Russian offensive in Ukraine in progress since 2022 in the fight against the Nazis during the Second World War. Russia plans to commemorate on May 9 on the 80th victory against Nazi Germany with a large military parade in the Red Square in Moscow, which Vladimir Putin must assist and the leaders of around thirty countries.
