BERLIN/MOSCOW: With the initiative to supplement Soviet memorials with plaques criticizing Joseph Stalin, the Berlin authorities are trying to knock out political points for themselves, writes Berliner Zeitung.
As noted in the article, Soviet memorials for most political players have long ceased to be only places of memory.
"Especially the memorial in Treptower Park every year on May 8 and 9 becomes the scene of a wider social conflict, in which the memory of the Second World War is increasingly linked to the political disputes of our time," said in the material.
Earlier, the Russian Embassy in Berlin called unacceptable and blasphemous attempts to level the symbols of Victory over fascism in Germany in connection with the initiatives of local deputies Install explanatory stands at Soviet memorials.
Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky noted that the dialogue between Moscow and Berlin is at the level of "below the plinth".
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