MOSCOW. April 9 (Interfax) - Russia and Greece condemn the attempts to falsify the Second World War and see them as "an unacceptable affront" to the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for the Victory, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a joint statement released after their talks in Moscow on Wednesday.
"No one is allowed to forget the millions who were killed, the great price the USSR paid in this titanic struggle," the statement reads.
The historical truth is that without the Battle of Moscow, the heroic defense of Leningrad, the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk it would have been impossible to crush the Nazis, the leaders said.
"Russia and Greece resolutely condemn all attempts to falsify the history of the Second World War, seeing them as an unacceptable affront to the memory of those who gave their lives for the Great Victory," the statement reads.
Russia and Greece honor the memory of fallen soldiers who made the decisive contribution in defeating Nazism, the leaders said.
"The Greek people, who experienced all the terrors of occupation, fought heroically on all fronts against the outnumbering forces of the invader, and is generally recognized to have made a significant contribution in the allied victory by withholding an attack on the USSR by Nazi troops who spent months stuck on the Greek front," the statement reads
Russia and Greece "resolutely condemn the attempts being made today to review the significance of the Great Victory, to devalue the memory about it and to distort its universal meaning," the leaders said.