Dmitriy Peskov / Photo from vesti.ru

"Russia has cherished and will cherish the memory of the war, and most importantly, we will remember the lessons that this war has given to mankind," he said.

"We may regret that on the background of such decisions and such statements many veterans, in the weeks preceding the anniversary, will celebrate the holiday with tears in their eyes," Peskov said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, on April 9 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a bill condemning the Communist and National Socialist totalitarian regimes and banned their propaganda and symbolism in Ukraine. For the promotion of symbols of these regimes, a person may be imprisoned for up to five years.

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As reported, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin had unleashed the Second World War and had tried to divide Europe.