Russian Lower Chamber Adopts Bill That Bans Equalizing Roles Of USSR, Germany In WW2

Russian Lower Chamber Adopts Bill That Bans Equalizing Roles of USSR, Germany in WW2

Lawmakers of the Russian parliament's lower house (State Duma) approved a bill banning public equalization of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany during the Second World War on Wednesday at a plenary session

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th June, 2021) Lawmakers of the Russian parliament's lower house (State Duma) approved a bill banning public equalization of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany during the Second World War on Wednesday at a plenary session.

Changes will be introduced to the law on "on the remembrance of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".

During the Wednesday session, the State Duma also approved a bill strengthening state control over the circulation of weapons and tightening the medical examination to obtain a permit to own a weapon.