Speaking about the attempts to rewrite the history of the Second World War, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that they should not prove anything to anyone, but should do everything possible to ensure that the truth about this was is not forgotten, RIA Novosti reported.
"And we must oppose it [the rewriting] through objective information which we have enough of (…), which (…) will not allow anyone to distort that history carryout some momentary political objectives, we must not allow harm to memory of our people, our  fathers, grandfathers who fought against Nazism at the cost of their lives," Putin said on the air of Russia 1 television.
And speaking about those who try to rewrite history, the Russian president said that they consider themselves "special."