It seems the world is finally waking up to Vladimir Putin’s dangerous exploitation of World War II. In the run-up to this month’s seventy-fifth anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany, international media coverage included a number of reports highlighting modern Russia’s efforts to weaponize the memory of the Second World War. At the same time, relatively few outside observers appear to have noticed the major shifts in memory politics currently taking place inside neighboring Ukraine. Nevertheless, recent research indicates that a majority of Ukrainians now reject many of the core tenets underpinning the Kremlin’s WWII mythology.
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Victor Tregubov: Ukrainians reject modern Russia’s WWII victory cult
An Ilyushin Il-78 air tanker and a Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber fly over the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, May 9, 2020.
