The United Nations Passes Resolution Proposed by Russia Outlawing the "Glorification of Nazism"

In 2010, Russia proposed a United Nations resolution criminalizing "glorification of the Nazi movement" and promoting "the theory of racial superiority", so as to "contribute greatly to the elimination of racial discrimination, xenophobia, and intolerance".

Recently, the United Nations passed the resolution, with a few nations, notably the Baltic States of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, but also the United States, voting against it.

The resolution gives Russia political leverage with nations where questioning of established World War II history, criticism of the Soviet Union's wartime or postwar policies, or efforts to remove a Red Army memorial or other signature of Soviet brutality may arise.  Russian patriotism, which for many is still linked to Stalin, therefore has the backing of the United Nations and its organs in designating countries as criminal.