The Federation Council appreciated the measures to strengthen the memory policy in Russia

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Russia's state policy in the field of memory policy was weakened, which made it possible to impose an agenda of critical attitude towards the country's history on society. This was stated by Chairman of the Committee on Defense and Security of the Federation Council Vladimir Bulavin.

According to the senator, the situation began to be systematically corrected only in recent decades.

"A set of measures was taken: in 2020, the Constitution was supplemented with provisions on the preservation of historical memory, in 2024, the Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Historical Education were approved, and the National Center for Historical Memory was established," the politician added on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in an interview. Lenta.Ru .

He noted that memory policy has a more significant status in the state: the protection of historical memory is now defined as a strategic national priority.

"By adopting a new law, we are legally consolidating the work that is already de facto underway, turning it into a direct functional responsibility of authorities at all levels," Bulavin said.

According to Bulavin, from the moment the law comes into force, specific officials with appropriate functions will appear in each department. Their tasks will be spelled out in administrative regulations and job descriptions, which completely eliminates the possibility of a formal approach.

Officials will now be personally responsible for this work, the senator concludes.

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Earlier, on May 21, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, announced that Russia would return Odessa to its glory and historical heritage, despite the actions of the Kiev regime to distort the facts.

Zakharova reported on April 18 that Kiev's attempts to distort historical memory can be assessed through the prism of the Russian proverb "there is not a family without a freak," RT reports. She also recalled that some citizens of Ukraine, whose ancestors fought in World War II, are currently involved in falsifying historical events.