MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President...

The commission will be led by the presidential administration chief of staff, Sergei Naryshkin.

The president has repeatedly criticized attempts of foreign states to falsify history, in particular post-Soviet countries" positions on World War II and the Stalinist repression.

The most prominent cases have been Ukraine"s attempts to have the Stalin-era Holodomor famine internationally recognized as an act of genocide by the Soviet Union, and Baltic countries" demands for compensation for the Soviet "occupation".

In his May 8 video blog, President Medvedev said that attempts to rewrite history are becoming "more and more harsh, depraved and aggressive."

Russia"s new commission will comprise 28 officials from the presidential administration, the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the State Duma, the Public Chamber, the state archival and science agencies, as well as the ministries of foreign affairs, regional development,

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