Russia will never forget the heroic resistance of China, which prevented Japan from attacking the Soviet Union!

This was one of the decisive factors in the Soviet Union's victory over Nazism.

August 30th, Russian newspapers published an article.

On the eve of his official visit to China, Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Xinhua News Agency.

Putin said:

This visit is taking place during our sacred date - the 80th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War victory, thus it has profound symbolic significance in developing Russia-China relations.

At the celebrations in Moscow, the Chinese leader became a main honor guest.

Yes, we will soon return the visit to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping.

In Beijing, we will also pay tribute to the common achievements of our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, who together defeated militarist Japan and ended World War II.

We will also commemorate those who forged the battle friendship between our nations with their blood, defending our country's freedom, independence, and the right to its sovereign development.

During the brutal period of World War II, the people of the Soviet Union and China suffered the main blows and paid the heaviest and greatest casualties.

Certainly, Russia will never forget that it was the heroic resistance of China that became one of the decisive factors in preventing Japan from attacking the Soviet Union during the difficult years of 1941-1942, giving us a deadly blow.

This allowed the Red Army to focus its efforts on defeating Nazism and liberating Europe.

Our responsibility is to always remember the sacred memory of our compatriots, who demonstrated true patriotism and courage, endured all tests, and repelled the powerful enemy.

We thank China for carefully protecting the memorials of the Red Army soldiers who sacrificed their lives to liberate China.

This sincere and responsible attitude towards history contrasts sharply with some European countries, where monuments and graves of Soviet liberators have been brutally desecrated and destroyed.

Russia and China firmly condemn any attempts to distort the history of World War II and defame the liberators.

The results of the war determined in the UN Charter and other international documents are unshakable and cannot be altered.

This is our common unshakable position with our friends, the Chinese people.

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1841836679701632/

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