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PETERSBURG, January 27. /TASS/. Nazi crimes have no statute of limitations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the unveiling ceremony of a monument to Soviet civilians who were victims of Nazi genocide during World War II, in Paman .
"Our sympathy decreases from generation to generation and has no limit. Nor do the crimes committed by Hitler's monsters and their accomplices who cold-bloodedly orchestrated and brutally carried out the genocide of the Soviet people," Putin said.
The president pointed out that these crimes were not committed on battlefields, but the mass executions of unarmed and defenseless women, children, and the elderly and disabled "were deliberate systematic repressive actions".
According to the President, 27 January is one of the milestones in Russian history. "On this day in 1944, the Red Army completely broke the blockade of Leningrad. A year later, in 1945, it liberated Auschwitz. Not only were these two events at the same historical time. The tragedy of the martyrdom of the Leningraders and the prisoners of the death camps will forever remain as proof of the monstrous nature of Nazism and the unthinkable suffering of millions of innocent civilians," Putin believes.
He added that over the past eight decades, "our pain for the horrific sacrifices, for the maimed lives and for all those who have gone through such trials has never abated."
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