Moscow has condemned remarks by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres which omitted mention of the Red Army’s role in freeing the inmates of Auschwitz, as well as the Soviet Union’s sacrifices in defeating Nazi Germany. Guterres spoke on Monday to mark the anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Saturday that the UN chief’s remarks were “outrageous” and accused him of yielding to “distorted political correctness popular in the West.”