Putin Says Nuremberg Hearings ‘Still Relevant Today’ as Russia Opens up 6 New Nazi War Crime Probes
Russian president Vladimir Putin has called on the international community to ensure the findings of the Nuremberg trials are not undermined, as Russia announced six new probes into Nazi war crimes.
On the 75th anniversary of the start of the hearings, which tried 24 of the most important leaders of the Third Reich, Putin said that their findings were important in “preserving the historical truth” about the conflict known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War.
Addressing the start of the Nuremberg Lessons conference, Putin said on Friday that Russia was opening up its archives into Nazi actions in the Soviet Union and that “such crimes have no statute of limitations.”
