広島平和式典招待されず反発　「日本はナチと組んだ」―ロシア大使

　ロシアのガルージン駐日大使は２５日、ウクライナ侵攻を受け、広島市が８月６日の平和記念式典にロシアやベラルーシの代表を招待しないと明らかにしたことについて、「自称反核運動の指導者」による「恥ずべき措置」と反発した。通信アプリ「テレグラム」で声明を発表した。
　声明は「ロシアがウクライナでの核兵器使用をもくろんでいるというばかげた作り話」が被爆地・広島で拡散されていると非難。軍事作戦では「非ナチ化」を進めているとした上で、「まさにこのナチズムと同盟を組んだことが、１９４５年に日本という国全体を襲った破局の原因の一つ」だと主張した。（2022/05/25-23:56）

Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin has criticized the atomic-bombed western Japan city of Hiroshima for its decision not to invite representatives of Russia and Belarus to an annual peace memorial ceremony to be held in the city on Aug. 6.
   In a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday, Galuzin slammed the decision as a shameful measure taken by the self-proclaimed leaders of the anti-nuclear movement.
   The ambassador also said that fabricated stories about the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine are being spread in Hiroshima. He claimed that Russia's military operations in Ukraine are intended to promote "denazification" and insisted that forging an alliance with Nazism was a factor behind the collapse of Japan as a whole in 1945.
   Earlier this month, Hiroshima decided not to invite Russian and Belarusian officials to the ceremony, held annually on the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of the city, apparently in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which started on Feb. 24. Belarus is believed to be providing support to Russia for the invasion.