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Source: AHA website (click here to read the letter)
Historians in the News
June 17, 2009

AHA protests Russian attempt to suppress history

AHA executive director Arnita Jones sent a letter today to Russian Federation president Dmitrii Medvedev, expressing concern on behalf of the American Historical Association over the recent creation of a Commission to Counteract Attempts at Falsifying History to Damage the Interests of Russia.
Read entire article at AHA website (click here to read the letter)