Russian leader says 'forgetting the lessons of history leads to the repetition of terrible tragedies' as he continues to compare war against Hitler with current conflict
Putin blasts 'neo-Nazis' in Ukraine on Holocaust Remembrance Day enca.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enca.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, caused outrage earlier this week after he was asked on Italian TV how Russia could claim to be “de-Nazifying” Ukraine when its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish. Lavrov replied: “I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. That [Zelensky is Jewish] means absolutely nothing. Wise Jewish people say…