Victory Day in Central and Eastern Europe – a Triumph Not Worth Celebrating?

... President Janos Ader, whose visit was agreed back in February when Vladimir |Putin visited Budapest, on 27 April 2015 published the following announcement on his official website: “In accordance with the recommendations of the European Commission, Hungary will be represented at the 9 May 2015 celebrations by the country’s Ambassador accredited in Moscow”. Larisa Smirnova: World War II and Change of Generations: Trauma, Myth, and Memory The same argument was put forward in all cases: to visit Moscow under the current conditions would mean to justify Russia’s actions in Ukraine, split the ranks of the European states ...