President Obama gets interviewed by Sergey Brilev of Channel Rossiya, Russian TV in the Diplomatic Reception Room. Among the items discussed, National Security . Readout of the May 6, 2010 interview follows. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Q I've got several important issues in Russian-American bilateral relations, which we will of course discuss. But first let me come back to the events which happened 65 years ago. Now, Russia is, of course, a country which lost more than 20 million people; Russia proper, 70 percent of the losses of the USSR. And it’s self-sufficient to say second world war and Russia. But it’s also an important issue here. What do you tell your children, for instance, about the second world war? THE PRESIDENT: Well, we have personal connections. My grandfather fought in World War II. He was part of Patton’s Army. And my great-uncle, my grandmother’s brother, was one of those who liberated Buchenwald. And so obviously those memories a...
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