“It is extremely harmful and irresponsible to speculate on memory, to dissect history...”: on the question of covering the causes of the beginning of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War
This article is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The relevance of the events of those days are shown for understanding the current military and political situation, for the ability of correct assess the degree of contemporary military danger to Russia, and for avoiding new mistakes and drawing historical lessons from the past. In the context of the information war unleashed by Western countries against the Russian Federation, the genesis is examined of alternative viewpoints on the World War II and the Great Patriotic War causes. The author shows how scientific views are used by Western politicians to discredit Russia's current foreign policy course.