Five EU member states, namely Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Poland have called on the EU to do more to combat Russia’s reinterpretation and distortion of history to justify its aggression against Ukraine. In a joint letter, the leaders of the five countries also urged EU bodies to step up efforts to preserve historical memory to prevent the manipulation of historical facts. „Russia has never condemned the crimes of the Soviets and its current leadership openly tolerates and even enthusiastically supports the Soviet legacy”, the letter reads, pointing out that unlike the crimes of the Nazism, „the memory and knowledge of Soviet crimes have yet to find their rightful place in the consciousness of the Europeans”. „Without an accurate, honest, and comprehensive assessment of the past, we will not be able to effectively prevent future crimes on our continent or investigate the current ones in Ukraine,” the five EU leaders say.
