The Russian Foreign Ministry reported more than 100 cases of vandalism on military monuments in Europe.

In Europe, over the past year, over 100 cases of vandalism have been identified on military monuments, the largest number were seen in Poland and Lithuania. Mikhail Vanin, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced this at a briefing on April 25.

"We have recorded such a figure <...> over the past year, there have been more than 100 such acts of vandalism and desecration of our military memorials in European countries. The largest number of them were committed in Poland and Lithuania," the diplomat said.

According to him, Russia is taking a diplomatic demarche to such actions, seeking to find those responsible. However, European countries react differently to this. As a rule, necessary investigative measures are carried out against vandals and they are brought to justice. Usually, the attackers pay a fine.

The authorities of Poland and the Czech Republic practically do not react to such events. Often they simply do not respond to the Russian Federation, thereby covering up for vandals.

"And today, as I have already said, this policy of countries in a number of Eastern European countries to destroy the Soviet memorial heritage is manifested in this as well. Not to react, to hush up, to let the offenders off these are the actions they have committed," Vanin said.

He also commented on the statements of the German authorities about the "expulsion" of representatives of the Russian Federation from commemorative events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory. According to him, this sounds unacceptable and immoral.

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In March, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for a tough fight against the rewriting of history by the European Union (EU) countries. He stressed that in some EU states, the criminals convicted by the Nuremberg Tribunal are being equalized with those who liberated Europe from fascism.