MOSCOW: Vladimir Medinsky, a Russian presidential aide, said in an article published on his personal website on Thursday that Japan should not dictate to the victors of World War II what monuments to build on its territory or what those monuments should represent.
Commenting on Japan’s demand that Russia demolish a monument in the Russian city of Khabarovsk that symbolizes the victory over Japanese militarism, Medinsky said Tokyo “should remain silent and remember the lessons of history.”
“Japan has no right to tell the victors of World War II what monuments to build on its territory,” he said.
The monument is a 15-meter-tall bronze sculpture depicting a Soviet soldier using a rifle butt to break through a border post with a chrysanthemum flower (a symbol of the Japanese imperial family). The inauguration of the monument immediately provoked a negative reaction from the Japanese government.
Edited by Chhouk Bora
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