Russia outraged with desecration of Soviet military monuments in Slovakia

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<strong>Russia on Monday said it is "outraged" by the Slovak Foreign Ministry's statement about the desecration of the central memorial to Soviet soldiers Slavin in Bratislava.<br />
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On the night of March 2-3, the cemetery of Soviet liberation soldiers in Bratislava was painted blue and yellow.<br />
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A few days later, on the night of March 8-9, the Memorial Cemetery of the Soldiers of the Soviet Army in the town of Svidnik was also desecrated.</p>
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"We are extremely indignant at yet another egregious act of vandalism, a shameless and shameful desecration of the memory of the fallen," Igor Bratchikov, the Russian Ambassador to the Slovak Republic had tweeted.<br />
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The Russian Foreign Ministry said today that allegations of the Slovak Foreign Ministry that in this way the citizens of Slovakia are crying out to Russia to "end the senseless war" are "an encouragement to the barbarians" who mock the graves of the fallen.<br />
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"We remind you that 6845 Soviet servicemen resting on Slavina died in the battles for the liberation of Slovakia from Nazism," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said today.</p>
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She said that such a "cynical reaction" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia on the very next day led to another act of vandalism against the monument to the Soviet army in Svidnik.<br />
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"The justification for the desecration of monuments and graves is a betrayal of their own compatriots who defended the honor of the country and the people who rose during the Slovak national uprising against the oppression of the 'Third Reich', to which the then Slovak authorities so readily swore allegiance," the spokesperson added.<br />
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Moscow said it hoped that it will "no longer be necessary" to remind the Slovak Foreign Ministry of the inadmissibility of attempts to substantiate such cynical actions.<br />
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"We once again call on the Slovak side to strictly comply with the obligations arising from the 1993 Treaty of Friendly Relations and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Slovak Republic and the 1995 Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Slovak Republic on the Burial of Fallen Military Personnel and Civil Victims of War," it added. </p>
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Slavin is a memorial monument and military cemetery of almost 7,000 Soviet soldiers who fell during World War II while liberating the city in April 1945. This National Cultural Monument is situated on a hill above the castle which offers a beautiful view of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.<br />
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