Igor Grosu

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They preserved the memory, passed it on to the children, and the religious holidays.. If you don’t know your history and your past, you risk repeating it. What we see now in our Ukrainian neighbours are hundreds of thousands of displaced citizens and children separated from their families. It’s a kind of deja-vu, and you get the impression that what’s left of this rotten [Russian] empire is putting human destinies on the altars of sacrifice.

In November 2023 on its 90th anniversary, Grosu in Parliament condemned the Ukrainian Holodomor, as well as the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine and genocide of Ukrainians. [11] The Parliament approved his statement. [12] He said: [11]

Our attachment to universal human values obliges us today to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people to end the policy of genocide against the Ukrainian people in the 21st century and to maintain peace and freedom on the European continent.. No imperial power has any chance of success when there is unity.. For the Russian Empire, regardless of what it calls itself today, the value of human life means nothing.. And what is happening today in Ukraine - in Kyiv, Bucha, Irpin, Melitopol, Kharkiv, Kherson, and hundreds of other towns and villages - is a confirmation of the criminal nature of this regime.. But the time will come, and we know that this will happen after Ukraine's victory in the war, when these atrocities will be condemned and punished.

In April 2024 Grosu as House President remembered the Soviet role in the Moldovan famine of 1946-47. [13] In Moldova the third Saturday of April is designated as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Organized Famine of 1946-1947, [14] that killed an estimated 300,000 people. [11] He remarked on the Luceafărul Theatre performance of the documentary show "1946" that was then touring the country. [13] He said: [14]

This was a horrific famine orchestrated by the Soviet communist regime that caused immense suffering for hundreds of thousands of people.. We must discuss and remember this dark period of our past. It is our duty to shed light on the famine, the deportations, and all the atrocities inflicted by authoritarian and dictatorial regimes throughout history.

Grosu's politics later attracted the attention of Dmitri Medvedev, who presided over Russia from 2008-2012, and characterized Grosu as a "hypocritical fool". [15]

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  10. https://balkaninsight.com/2023/07/06/moldova-commemorates-victims-of-soviet-deportations/.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 1 2 3 https://radiomoldova.md/p/25755/speaker-of-the-moldovan-parliament-condemns-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-and-the-holodomor.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://www.parlament.md/Actualitate/Comunicatedepresa/tabid/90/ContentId/8153/Page/0/language/en-US/Default.aspx.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 1 2 "Moldovan speaker's message on Day of Remembrance of Victims of 1946-1947 famine".
  14. 1 2 "Moldova Remembers Famine Victims (Ignored by Some)". 25 April 2024.
  15. https://en.top-war.ru/247459-licemernyj-durak-medvedev-ocenil-ideju-spikera-parlamenta-moldavii-priznat-poslevoennyj-golod-genocidom.html.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Igor Grosu
MP
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Grosu in 2023
President of the Moldovan Parliament
Assumed office
29 July 2021