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On changes to the Penal Code of Russian Federation

The project defines liability for infringement of historical memory concerning the events that took place during the WWII.
The project proposes amendment to the Penal Code on international crimes by adding a new article 354.1, proclaiming legal responsibility for denial or positive approval of Nazi crimes, Nazi criminals or for criminal accusations of any actions undertaken by the anti-Hitler coalition.

Blois Appeal
Sunday, 12 October 2008

In order to approve the "Appel de Blois", send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , give your first and last names and write "read and approved". Everyone is entitled to give its signature. Academics should add their university and others their residency.

Since 2005 Liberté pour l’Histoire has fought against the initiatives of legislative authorities to criminalize the past, thus putting more and more obstacles in the way of historical research. In April 2007, a framework decision of the European Council of Ministers has given an international dimension to a problem that had until then been exclusively French. In the name of the indisputable and necessary suppression of racism and anti-Semitism, this decision established throughout the European Union new crimes that threaten to place on historians prohibitions that are incompatible with their profession.

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