Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Moscow views the war against Ukraine as a \u00abmission to suppress Nazism\u00bb. He claimed that the \u00abmetastases of Nazism\u00bb are allegedly spreading across Europe and resurging in Ukraine \u00abin concentrated form\u00bb, whilst continuing to link any prospect of peace to the Kremlin\u2019s political demands.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking on 5 September during a meeting Vladimir Putin<\/strong> with representatives of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb, Sergey Lavrov<\/strong> He said that most Russians with whom he had spoken apparently regarded the war as yet another mission to \u00abcrush Nazism\u00bb. He also referred to the Soviet generations who had defeated Nazism and claimed that it was now allegedly on the rise again.<\/p>\n This claim forms part of the Kremlin\u2019s justification for the full-scale invasion of 2022. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum describes Moscow\u2019s claim regarding the need for the \u00abdenazification\u00bb of democratic Ukraine as false and as distorting the history of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n The following day, the Russian Foreign Minister linked the Chancellor\u2019s plans Friedrich Merz<\/strong> to strengthen the Bundeswehr as part of Germany\u2019s alleged move towards confrontation with Russia. He also stated that \u00abthe metastases of Nazism are beginning to take hold\u00bb in the country.<\/p>\n Commenting on Berlin\u2019s reaction to drone incident<\/a> At Leipzig Airport, Lavrov described it as \u00abthe start of a real war\u00bb. Germany blamed Russia for the hybrid attack and announced diplomatic countermeasures.<\/p>\n At the same time, the German government has explicitly stated that the country is not at war with Russia. Berlin justifies the strengthening of its defences on the grounds of its own security, deterrence and the fulfilment of its NATO obligations.<\/p>\n\n
The Kremlin continues to promote the notion of \u00abdenazification\u00bb<\/h2>\n
Lavrov accused Berlin of moving towards confrontation<\/h2>\n
Russia\u2019s demands come against the backdrop of US contacts<\/h2>\n