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Urgent: Attempts to rewrite WWII history distort history conception of the youth: Putin

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

There are dangerous tendencies to rewrite history of the Second World War, which would distort the history conception of the youth, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at a meeting.

Putin instructed the organizing committee, which was established for the 70th anniversary celebration of the victory of the Anti-Fascist War on May 9 in Moscow, to effectively counter those worrying attempts, according to Tass news agency. Endi