Russian President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants of the International Anti-Fascist Forum dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.
The message reads, in part:
“The Forum, organised on the initiative of the Communist Party of the Russian
Federation and other socio-political forces of the country… I want to emphasise that today it is important to join our efforts to prevent the spread of racism, Nazism, fascism, Russophobia, anti-Semitism, and other aggressive ideologies based on inciting hatred, intolerance, and propaganda of national exceptionalism. This is our common duty before the present and future generations”.