MINSK, 15 April (BelTA) – Belarus does not twist historical facts to fit political doctrines, Igor Valakhanovich, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR), said at another meeting of the Expert Community project “History policy: Memory about the war” at the BelTA press center on 15 April.
The analyst opined on the Belarusian historical policy. “We have no desire to embellish facts, to twist historical facts to fit political doctrines. Absolutely not. There are clear red lines which no one should cross,” Igor Valakhanovich stressed.
The Nuremberg Tribunal effectively condemned Nazism. “Supporters of such a policy were recognized as war criminals. Now we see the attempts to cross this red line, directly or indirectly, to say that black is white and white is black and so on," he said. “As for the history of Belarus, there are attempts to picture Belarusian collaborators not as war criminals, conductors of the Nazi policy of genocide, but as fighters against Stalin's totalitarianism,” the analyst cited an example.
History is now used by certain political forces to their advantage, he said. “Today many seek to hype, to raise some topic to justify their position, in particular to use the events related to the Great Patriotic War and World War II,” the expert said. Igor Valakhanovich recalled the resolution of the European Parliament on the importance of European memory for the future of Europe. The document was adopted in September 2019. “The title of the document is seemingly beautiful. But it is actually an attempt to attach the status of the aggressor country to the Soviet Union along with Nazi Germany. In another words, to actually equalize them,” the analyst said.
