⚡️ On the adoption of a UNGA resolution combating the glorification of Nazism

At the December 15 plenary session of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, a resolution noscriptd “Combating the Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” was adopted. The resolution was spearheaded by the Russian Federation.

The resolution garnered the support of 44 co-sponsoring states from various global regions.

✅ It was endorsed by 119 votes, opposed by 51 delegations, with 10 countries abstaining.

This resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism lays the groundwork for countering the falsification of history and efforts to revise the outcomes of the Second World War on an international platform.

It condemns the glorification of the Nazi movement and former SS members, including Waffen-SS units, deemed criminal by the Nuremberg Trials. The resolution expresses profound outrage at the rehabilitation of Hitler’s collaborators and attempts to elevate them to the status of national heroes, manifesting in torchlight processions, street renaming, and the erection of memorials.

The document articulates serious concern over the ongoing campaign against monuments dedicated to anti-Nazi and anti-fascist fighters and liberating soldiers in some countries, which has increasingly assumed the guise of state policy. Simultaneously, it expresses strong indignation at efforts by certain nations to prohibit symbols associated with Victory over Nazism.

The resolution particularly underscores that such actions desecrate the memory of the countless victims of Nazism, negatively impacting younger generations and being utterly incompatible with the obligations of UN member states under the Organisation’s Charter.

Furthermore, the resolution upholds the principle of inadmissibility of any ideology promoting the superiority of specific population groups based on racial, ethnic, religious affiliations, or similar criteria. This is particularly relevant in light of the persistent rise in Islamophobia, Christianophobia, Afro-phobia, Arabophobia, Russophobia, and anti-Semitism, notably in the collective West.

It is emblematic that this very political bloc, year after year, seeks to obstruct the adoption of the Russian initiative, resorting to unscrupulous procedural tactics, and consistently votes against international efforts to combat aggressive manifestations of racism and xenophobia. Of particular concern are the positions of Germany, Italy, and Japan, as former Axis members. Their indulgence of perilous trends raises questions about the sincerity of their contrition for crimes committed during the Second World War.

❗️The voting results clearly demonstrate that the global majority stands in solidarity with Russia’s approaches to combating the glorification of Nazism.

This is especially symbolic in the year commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory over Nazism in the Second World War, the founding of the United Nations, and the establishment of the Nuremberg Trials.

☝️ Moscow is convinced that the adoption of this thematic resolution will significantly contribute to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance.

🎙 Statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the expanded meeting of Russia's Ministry of Defence Board (December 17, 2025, Moscow)

Key points:

• 2025 has become an important milestone in addressing the objectives of the special military operation. The Russian Armed Forces have secured and firmly maintain the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact.

• In 2025, more than 300 settlements have already been liberated, including major cities that had been turned by the adversary into fortified strongholds.

🇷🇺🇰🇵 I would also like to note our North Korean combat comrades. By decision of Comrade Chairman of the State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un, they were dispatched to take part in the liberation of the Kursk region and, shoulder to shoulder with Russian servicemen, fought the enemy with valour and courage. They took part in large-scale and extremely complex efforts to clear mines from the liberated Kursk region.

• Successful tests have been conducted of the Burevestnik strategic cruise missile with unlimited range and the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle. Thanks to the use of a nuclear power unit, these systems will remain unique and unmatched for a long time, ensuring strategic parity, Russia’s security and its global standing for decades to come. We will continue working on these systems – refining, upgrading and improving them – but they already exist. By the end of 2025, an intermediate-range missile system equipped with the Oreshnik hypersonic missile will be placed on combat duty.

❗️ Russia has always, even in the most difficult circumstances, as long as there was even the slightest chance – sought diplomatic solutions to contradictions and conflicts. Responsibility for the fact that these chances were not used lies entirely with those who believed that it was possible to speak to us in the language of force.

• We stand for building mutually beneficial and equal cooperation with the US and European states, and for the formation of a unified security system across the entire Eurasian region. We welcome the progress that has emerged in the dialogue with the new US Administration. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the current leadership of most European countries.

• We are fully aware that in any international environment, our Armed Forces remain the key guarantor of Russia’s sovereignty and independence, its security and future, and of strategic parity. We must work consistently to strengthen them.

• Immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it seemed to us that we would very quickly become part of the so-called civilized family of European nations. Instead, Russia continued to be pressed from all sides – increasingly so. Virtually everything concerning Russia was decided from a position of force. They would pat us on the shoulder and invite us to various events, yet when it came to their interests vis-à-vis Russia, the West pushed them through by force, including by military means.

• President Trump says that if he had been President at the time, the conflict in Ukraine would not have happened. Perhaps that is so, because the previous US Administration deliberately steered the events towards an armed conflict.

👉 The objectives of the special military operation will undoubtedly be achieved. We would prefer to do so and to eliminate the root causes of the conflict through diplomatic means. However, if the opposing side and its foreign patrons refuse to engage in a substantive dialogue, Russia will secure the liberation of its historical lands by military means. Efforts to establish and expand a security buffer zone will continue on a systematic basis.

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🗓 On December 18, 1943, the #KharkovTrial concluded — the first public trial of Nazi war criminals in the Soviet Union.

Held long before the Nuremberg Trials, its purpose was to show the world the horrible consequences of the Nazi occupation of Soviet territories during #WW2.

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Years before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, on November 2, 1942, the Soviet Government established the Extraordinary State Commission for the establishment and investigation of the crimes of the Nazi invaders and their accomplices and the damage they caused to our country. The Commission's long-term mission was to document the atrocities by fascists and their collaborators on the territory of our Motherland.

In less than a year, thanks to the laborious efforts of Soviet investigative and national security agencies, extensive evidence was compiled. It formed the basis for open trials of Nazis under Soviet jurisdiction.

The first was the Kharkov Trial — a military tribunal of the 4th Ukrainian Front, held from December 15 to 19, 1943, following the city’s liberation by the Red Army in August.

Four Nazi criminals stood accused, including an SS officer and a Gestapo driver who was a collaborator, former Red Army soldier who had betrayed his Motherland. Their guilt was proven by numerous witness accounts and forensic examination. They had participated in the brutal murder of Soviet civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, in the city of #Kharkov and the Kharkov Region.

Those butchers used Gaswagen — gas vans — to suffocate victims, including children, with carbon monoxide. In Kharkov alone, the Nazis killed more than 26'000 Soviet citizens by gassing, shooting, and burning. These exterminations were carried out by special Gestapo Sonderkommandos on orders from the German command.

All defendants were sentenced to death by hanging. On December 19, 1943, the sentence of the 4th Ukrainian Front Military Tribunal was carried out in a public square in Kharkov.

❗️ The Kharkov Trial marked the beginning of a series of proceedings against Nazi criminals. These trials revealed the true face of Nazism to the world and meticulously documented its crimes, laying bare this ideology’s profoundly anti-human character.