Business programme
19.05.2025
14:00–15:30

Unlearned Lessons of World War II: The Reality of Neo-Nazism

Congress Centre, conference hall D2
The Age of Heroes – The Rights of Heroes
Broadcast
“History doesn't teach anyone anything – it only punishes for lessons not learnt”. This quote by famous Russian historian Vasily Klyuchevsky is more relevant today than ever. Russia currently faces serious challenges from the distortions of its accomplishments, the desire of individual countries to justify the actions of international criminals and review the 1946 verdict of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, and the revival of Nazi ideology by the Kyiv regime. Russia, as the country that suffered the most from the horrors of World War II and suffered enormous losses for the sake of restoring peace, will not allow anyone to forget the lessons of the past. Our country, together with its allies, continues targeted work to counter any attempts to distort the historical truth and memory of World War II, including the liberation of Central and Eastern Europe countries from the Nazis. How can Russia combat manifestations of neo-Nazism and ensure national security in the current conditions? What are the legal foundations for countering attempts to reevaluate the events and results of World War II and falsify history?

Moderator

Alexander Zvyagintsev
Deputy Director for International Cooperation, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Panellists

Alexander Bastrykin
Chairman, Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Gora
Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Alexander Lashin
Deputy Chairman, State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Alexander Savenkov
Director, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Sergey Stepashin
Chairman, Association of Lawyers of Russia; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Territorial Development Fund
Andrei Shved
Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus
Irina Yarovaya
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Broadcast

Alexander Zvyagintsev
Deputy Director for International Cooperation, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander Bastrykin
Chairman, Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Gora
Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Alexander Lashin
Deputy Chairman, State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Alexander Savenkov
Director, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Director of the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences; Fellow Correspondent of Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Russian statesman, and legal scholar.
Professional background:
Since 1985, served in a Military Prosecutor’s Office, since 1994 in the Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office. He headed Military Prosecutor’s offices of the Siberian and Moscow military command regions. In 2002 he was appointed First Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor.
On 10 June 2002, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation appointed Mr Savenkov Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation – Chief Military Prosecutor.
2006–2008 First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation.
2009–2013 Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation for the Vladimir Region.
In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation – Head of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In 2017, he took leadership of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Merits, awards, achievements:
He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Motherland 3rd and 4th degrees, Order of Alexander Nevsky and Order of Honour. He is a recipient of more than 50 medals and departmental awards of Russia and foreign countries. He was honoured with Recognition Certificates by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Sergey Stepashin
Chairman, Association of Lawyers of Russia; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Territorial Development Fund
Andrei Shved
Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus
Irina Yarovaya
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Born 17 October 1966. Has a degree in Law, as well as in Public and Municipal Administration.
1988: joined Public Prosecutor’s Office in Kamchatka Territory, where she held positions of the Deputy City Prosecutor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the Head of Investigation Department in Kamchatka Territory.
Since 1997: won single-member district election to the Council of People’s Deputies of Kamchatka Territory twice.
2007 and 2011: elected Deputy of the State Duma (Member of the United Russia Party). First female Chairperson of State Duma Security and Anti-Corruption Committee in the history of Russia’s parliaments.
2016: headed the regional group №1 of the Federal list of Candidates for Deputy of the 4th State Duma from the United Russia Party (Kamchatka Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Amur Region, Magadan Region, Jewish Autonomous Region, Chukotka Autonomous District).
In 2016 elected Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma.
According to expert polls, she is one of Duma’s five most efficient Deputies. Authored over 200 legislative acts.
Most memorable acts for the Far East include: ban on drift fishing, ban on multiple border crossing by fishing vessels, compulsory registration of fishing facilities in the region where fishing is held, simplified call at the Far-Eastern ports for international cruise lines.
Head of the Central Control Commission of the United Russia Party.
Member of the Russian Language Arts Society, headed by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus.
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