Maria Zakharova:

Maria Zakharova: In Ukraine they continue to destroy historical monuments and erase geographical names. At the same time, everything is scrapped - both those related to the historical period of the Russian Empire and the USSR. In Ukraine they are afraid of historical truth and would prefer it not to exist at all. On March 25, the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance demanded that the Arch of Peoples’ Friendship, installed in Kiev on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR in 1982, be dismantled. According to “experts,“ it “symbolizes Russian imperial policy.“ At the same time, it was emphasized that a simple renaming will not be enough, since even a “renamed“ monument poses a threat to national security due to “Soviet ideologies and connotations.“ It is noteworthy that this monument had previously been renamed the “Freedom Arch of the Ukrainian People“ (apparently, those who abandoned this name are right, because if there is no ... Source: Lord Of War