The Problem of Nazi Criminals and Their Accomplices Punishment in the Context of the Great Patriotic War Memory Preservation. Approaches, Examples and Prospects.

The results of the vote in the UN General Assembly in December 2024 on the resolution regarding the struggle against Nazism glorification showed that among those traditionally opposing countries were those that for many years demonstrated low or no effectiveness in punishing Nazi collaborators. Examples of Nazi criminals impunity confirm that in Canada, the USA and Western countries their persecution is determined by both the external and internal political situation. The author of the article also shows that the promotion of anti-Soviet and anti-Russian narratives in the Baltic states and the Ukraine is based on the lack of legal solutions. The verdicts of Soviet courts are used to portray collaborators as victims of the state system. Russia and Belarus as architects of the resolution continue to investigate Nazi crimes and give them the legal assessment.