Europe's Problem Are Not Green Men but Jeeps with Black Flags

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Novinite is publishing an analysis by Simeon Nikolov, Director of the Center for Strategic Research in the field of Security and Internal Relations, a Bulgaria-based think-tank.

Mr Nikolov, a diplomat and a former Deputy Defense Minister (2005-2008), has submitted this analysis when asked to comment on Russia-EU relations before the 70th anniversary since World War II ended and former allies are marking May 8 and May 9 by treading separate ways.

Paying respect to the victims of a war is a moral act, and the condemnation of crimes of fascism and its ideology are linked to fundamentals of international politics and the European and democratic community. For these two reasons, there is no ground to justify the refusal to take part in the commemoration of 70 years since the end of World War Two with present-day policies of one of the countries that took part in this war.

Leaders of states which declined attendance on this day made a big mistake and this assessment was already voiced by many world-renowned and wise politicians so that we needn't doubt about it. Analysts will not forget to note the pressure under which some leaders took the decision and to speculate on the question if this is a step toward justifying fascism, given the current alliance with its "heirs" in Ukraine and the support from the Kiev regime, which officially reinstated with a parliament decision an organization whose blood-tainted crimes are still remembered, especially by the Poles. Denying Russia's role in victory is not just an interpretation of Moscow. After Ukraine, there are already politicians in Western Europe, with the recent example of [ruling] Christian Democratic Union in Germany, denying the need of voicing gratitude to Moscow and introducing the...

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