“Day of Victory” – Russian demo in Vienna with a small incident

The Russian Ambassador Dmitri Lyubinsky was combative as the main speaker on Sunday. “Victory Day is a sacred celebration for us and we are rightly proud of it,” Lyubinsky said in front of the Soviet Heroes’ Monument. Without the great heroic deeds of the Soviet people, without their self-sacrifice at the front and in the rear, the victory of mankind over Nazism would not have been possible, he explained. “Perverse attempts by known states to rewrite history will not work and are doomed to fail,” he said. This also applies to attempts to focus on discord among Russian compatriots. The diplomat did not accuse specific states on Sunday. There was also no talk of the demands of his Ukrainian counterpart Wassyl Chymynez, who had proposed a ban on the Russian demonstration with reference to expected slogans such as “We can repeat it!”.

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