Police in Moscow Halt Screening of Film About Garegin Nzhdeh

The police have interrupted the screening of a film about Garegin Nzhdeh organized by the Union of Armenians in Russia (UAR). This was reported to the REGNUM news agency by a reliable source.

Law enforcement officers arrived at the screening venue and read the prosecutor's order, which declared the film's viewing to be impermissible as it is considered a rehabilitation of Nazism, a criminal offense under Russian law. Attendees were subsequently removed from the venue.

The REGNUM news agency referred to Nzhdeh as a "Armenian Hitlerian." The agency’s chief editor, Modest Kolerov, argued that the particularly scandalous and politically rational nature of the conflict planned by the UAR’s public announcement for this screening is highlighted by its timing—held during widespread discussions on the commemoration of Holocaust victims, the liberation of Auschwitz, the liberation of Leningrad, and the official recognition of the genocide of the Soviet peoples during the Great Patriotic War.

Additionally, he believes that the question of legal accountability for the UAR regarding the rehabilitation of Nazism has matured significantly.