Russian envois refused visit to grave of Soviet militaries in Alaska
Date
12/12/2022 4:04:02 AM
(MENAFN) US experts did not let Russian diplomats to visit the graves of Soviet militaries in the state of Alaska, according to Moscow’s state-run media.
“Unfortunately, the local American authorities, without explanation, did not allow embassy diplomats to visit the Fort Richardson National Cemetery and kneel before the graves of Soviet pilots and sailors who died in Alaska in 1942-1945,” Nadezhda Shumova, the chief of the Russian Embassy’s consular department, informed state news agency TASS on Sunday.
Shumova stated that efforts to get access to the memorials through the US State Department failed, saying that “the diplomatic note of the (Russian) embassy was ignored."
The report added that a separate permit is a must to visit the memorial since the graves are located on the land of an active military base. It added that Russian diplomats and reporters were granted such a pass in the past.
"We honor the memory of our compatriots who gave their lives for their motherland and those fallen US citizens who fought during World War II in the ranks of the anti-Hitler coalition," Shumova continued.
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