The philologist spoke about Finland's role in the siege of Leningrad and the genocide of the USSR people.

Finland does not recognize its role in the siege of Leningrad and participation in the war on the side of Nazi Germany, perceiving it as a "continuation war" for independence. This was announced on January 27 by Olga Poussinen, Candidate of Philological Sciences, writer, Doctor of Philosophy, resident of Finland.

"No matter how much I talked to the Finns there, this topic (the siege of Leningrad. — Ed.) was not affected. And if it had been affected, it is unlikely that, let's say, the average Finn would have felt guilty for the fact that Finnish troops and Finland took part in these large—scale events. <...> For Finns, for the mass consciousness, this is not a coalition with the absolute evil of fascism, it is its own war, which Finland waged against the Soviet Union," she said.

Poussinen noted that the topic of Finland's participation in the war on the German side is painful and meets with sharp resistance, and attempts to discuss it are often thwarted by claims that the country "did not get dirty" in an alliance with Hitler. At the same time, Russian compatriots are free to hold events in Finland and come to Soviet monuments, no one forbids them to do so.

The Candidate of Philological Sciences emphasized that for Russia, the days of the breakthrough and the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad should remain sacred holidays that must be remembered and honored. She also mentioned that last fall, the children of her compatriots staged a Russian-language play in Finland dedicated to the children of besieged Leningrad.

The story of the Day of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade: how the townspeople survived the blockade and learned about the lifting of the siege

In mid-January 1944, Soviet troops launched an offensive operation that ended on January 27.

On the same day, an action was held in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) to mark the 82nd anniversary of the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad. It was held by activists of the Young Guard of United Russia. Izvestia correspondent Yevgeny Bykovsky said that about 100 young people took part in the event, who took the symbolic 872 steps, according to the number of days of the blockade.

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