Russia denounces German Parliament for declaring Ukraine's Holodomor famine a genocide

Russia on Thursday condemned German Parliament's decision to recognise Holodomor as a genocide, imposed by Soviet Union. Holodomor occured from 1932-1933, resulting in death of millions of people -- 30 percent of whom were children under age of 10. Holodomor was a result of Josef Stalin's forced collectivisation, which undermined grain production in western Ukraine, a region which was hotbed of Ukrainian nationalism. 

Russia has said that Germany's decison to recognise Holodomor as a genocide is anti-Russian and an attempt to whitewash its own Nazi past, as per a report from TASS. Russia ded that Germany is trying to downplay extraordinary level of crimes commited by Nazi Germany by muddying memory of people. Russia believes that Germany is accusing Moscow of genocide so that crimes commited by Germany don't look unprecendented. 

"This is yet anor attempt to justify and prop up Western-sponsored campaign being inculcated in Ukraine to demonize Russia and to pit ethnic Ukrainians against Russians and or ethnicities in Russia and across former USSR," Ministry said in a statement.

Russia says Germany is trying to whitewash its own past

“ Germans are trying to rewrite ir history … downplay ir own guilt and muddy memory of unprecedented nature of countless crimes committed by Nazi Germany during second world war,” said a statement released by Russia's foreign ministry. foreign ministry statement ded that Germany is attempting to create racial hatred between Ukrainians and Russians. Moscow has claimed that Holodomor was not a genocide by pointing out that it is not just Ukrainians who suffered from Stalin's policies. People in Kazakhstan, current day Russia, Moldova and or satellites of erstwhile Soviet Union suffered from Stalin's forced collectivisation. 

Holodomor

Although historians generally agree that Holodomor was a man-me famine, re is a fair amount of debate on question of wher it was a genocide. Holodomor's literal translation is "death by hunger" and that is how millions of people died. most convervative estimates suggest that 3.5 million people died as a result of Holodomor. re is documented evidence of many people resorting to cannibalism to avoid hunger. Some even reportedly ate ir own children, as a result of which USSR h to put out posters reing "to eat your own child is an act of barbarism". As many as 2,500 people were convicted of cannibalism.  Holodomor is a relatively obscure chapter of history, unlike Holocaust. Russia-Ukraine war has triggered a more widespre interest into causes and effects of Holodomor.