Equipo Nizkor - Vyacheslav Volodin's reply to Julia Klöckner.

The full text of the response of the Chairman of the State Duma to the President of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany is published herewith:

"Dear Mrs. Klöckner,

I see that you have decided to take our correspondence into the public sphere. Perfect, I agree.

Let me remind you that my address to you was primarily aimed at restoring historical justice and recognizing the fact that it was the Soviet people and their Red Army that played the major role in the destruction of German Nazism. We respect the contribution of the Allies to victory in the Second World War. We will never forget the heroic struggle of the Germans-antifascists. But we must not forget that it was the Soviet Union that made a decisive contribution to the victory and lost 27 million people in this struggle, the USA - 418 thousand, Great Britain - about 300 thousand, and France in general capitulated to Nazi Germany, although some of its representatives valiantly fought to victory, including on the Eastern Front.

It is a shame that you cannot even give the exact name of the army that took Berlin, calling it "former Soviet". In this regard, I have to remind you that it was the Red Army.

It is also unfortunate that in order to please the immediate political conjuncture, you emphasized the presence of "many Ukrainian soldiers" in the "former Soviet army". If we go all the way down this path, let us also list Belarusian, Kazakh, Georgian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kyrgyz and other soldiers.

By the way, during the Second World War, it was Russia's losses within the USSR that amounted to almost 70 percent. As for the post-war relations between our countries, let us not forget that it was the Soviet Union that opposed the partition of Germany and later played a key role in its unification in 1990. Not many people talk about this now in Germany, but I hope you will not dispute it. It is a historical fact.

As for the "democratically elected Government" in Kyiv, I should like to recall that the presidential term of the Ukrainian Head of State expired a year ago, and his powers, according to Ukraine's own Constitution and a number of other laws, should have passed to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. This is clearly spelled out in Ukrainian legislation. There are no legal, constitutional ways to extend the powers of the President of Ukraine, even under martial law.

But the most important thing is that in 2014, during the acute internal political crisis in Ukraine, the Government of the FRG, together with Poland and France, acted as a guarantor of agreements between the opposition and the President of Ukraine on the peaceful, legal resolution of all disputes. And then your government pretended that it did not notice the unconstitutional armed coup d'état in Ukraine. Thus, the primary source of today's power in Ukraine is an anti-state, bloody seizure of power. Do you know nothing about this? What kind of democracy are you talking about? Let me also remind you that those who seized power in Kyiv immediately began hostilities, a war against those regions of Ukraine that did not accept, did not recognize the criminals who seized power in the country.

And this war was waged with impunity by the Kyiv regime until 2022, that is, eight years. At the same time, Russia was doing everything to end the bloody conflict in south-eastern Ukraine within the framework of the agreements reached in Minsk in 2015. However, as we later learned from the public statements of former top officials of Germany and France, they supported the Minsk agreements not to achieve peace in Ukraine, but to prepare for war. Exclusively as a pause for pumping weapons into the Ukrainian armed forces. Have you, dear Ms. Klöckner, not seen these statements? So Russia did not start a war in Ukraine in 2022, but is using its armed forces to stop it, just as it is trying to achieve peace at the negotiating table.

As for the second part of my letter, it was about the misanthropic actions of the Kiev regime carrying out terrorist attacks against Russian civilians. It is in this that the current Kyiv regime is firmly aligned with the practices of the Nazis and is itself becoming Nazi. The authorities that gather people under the flags of Bandera and Shukhevych, i.e., those who during the Second World War actively collaborated with Hitler's occupation regime and on its orders exterminated millions of Jews, Poles, Russians and representatives of other nationalities in Ukraine, cannot be called anything other than Nazi.

As for the terrorist nature of the current regime in Ukraine, it is enough to recall the recent crime of the bombing by Ukrainian security services on the territory of the Russian Federation of a passenger train carrying women and children, including infants. I emphasize - exclusively civilian people. And this is not an accidental hit by an artillery shell, but a purposeful bombing of a passenger train. If this is not a terrorist act, what do you think is a terrorist act?

The documentary evidence of the Kiev regime's crimes against the civilian population has been sent to you in a separate letter, and unbiased foreign observers wishing to familiarize themselves with it (in translation into European languages) can do so on the website of the State Duma.

Next. Germany's transfer of weapons to the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine, which are being used, including against civilians, is in itself a cause for conflict between our countries. The appearance of German Leopards on Russian territory, on the Kursk region, for the first time since the end of the Second World War, is unprecedented. Today, the German government is seriously considering the transfer of high-tech cruise missiles "Taurus" to Kiev, realizing perfectly well that the Kiev regime does not have the necessary competence to use them. In fact, this will be handled by Bundeswehr specialists. That is, German missiles will hit Russia and German officers will perform this. Thus, you are once again pushing Germany and the German people into another armed conflict with Russia. Do you have a mandate for this from the German people? From your voters?

For many decades after World War II, our countries have done much to not only heal war wounds, but also to build mutually beneficial, friendly relations between the Russian and German peoples.

We know that there are many people in the FRG who sincerely seek to develop relations with Russia. For our part, we have always and sincerely sought to do so, and we have not made a single step against German interests. I emphasize - not a single one. And what does your government strive for? To new conflicts? Why? And who stands to gain from it? Germany? Ask yourself that question again. And answer it, but do it honestly.

Always at your disposal.

Sincerely,
V. VOLODIN."

[Source: State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 11Jun25]

Note: Translation produced with DeepL.com and verified by Derechos Human Rights.

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