{"id":75703,"date":"2021-06-23T10:23:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=75703"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:23:23","slug":"putin-commemorates-80th-anniversary-of-great-patriotic-war-urges-for-collaboration-with-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/blog\/2021\/06\/23\/putin-commemorates-80th-anniversary-of-great-patriotic-war-urges-for-collaboration-with-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Commemorates 80th Anniversary of \u2018Great Patriotic War,\u2019 Urges for Collaboration with Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 22, 2021 (EIRNS) &#8212; Today is the \u201cDay of Remembrance and Sorrow\u201d in Russia, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the June 22, 1941, with the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union beginning the Great Patriotic War. On this occasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin has written a feature for the German weekly newspaper <em>Die Zeit<\/em>, titled \u201cBeing Open, Despite the Past,\u201d also made available in Russian, English, and other languages. He recalls the enormous sacrifices made by the Soviet people in the fight against Nazism, whose memory is seared into their consciousness, and explaining the current security situation in Europe, he demonstrates that the Western-orchestrated geopolitical machinations of the past 75 years have created dangerous strategic tensions and heightened potential for conflict. But, he argues, however important it is important to understand\u00a0 the past, \u201cwe simply cannot afford to carry the burden of past misunderstandings, hard feelings, conflicts and mistakes,\u201d as these will \u201cprevent us from concentrating on the challenges at hand. We are convinced that we all should recognize these mistakes and correct them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Putin described the hopes that Russia held at the end of the Cold War, that there would be a \u201ccommon victory for Europe \u2026 the logic of building a Greater Europe united by common values and interests.\u201d Instead, he points out, \u201ca different approach has prevailed,\u201d based on NATO\u2019s eastward expansion, leaving nations confronted with the \u201cartificial choice of being either with the collective West or with Russia. In fact, it was an ultimatum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As a result of these events in the post-war period, Putin wrote, \u201cthe whole system of European security has now degraded significantly. Tensions are rising and the risks of a new arms race are becoming real. We are missing out on the tremendous opportunities that cooperation offers&#8211;all the more important now that we are all facing common challenges, such as the pandemic and its dire social and economic consequences.\u201d The \u201centire post-war history of Greater Europe, confirms that prosperity and security of our common continent is only possible through the joint efforts of all countries, including Russia.\u2026 We are open to honest and constructive interaction. This is confirmed by our idea of a common space of cooperation and security from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean which would comprise various integration formats.\u201d\u00a0Watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.kremlin.ru\/events\/president\/news\/65899\"><strong>event<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 22, 2021 (EIRNS) &#8212; Today is the \u201cDay of Remembrance and Sorrow\u201d in Russia, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the June 22, 1941, with the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union beginning the Great Patriotic War. On this occasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin has written a feature for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":75704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[505,639,724,660],"tags":[842],"class_list":["post-75703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","category-global-diplomacy","category-history","category-russia","tag-lang-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75715,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75703\/revisions\/75715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}