Also, officials* in current Russian Putin regime say that above number is not true, and that soviets intentionally killed only 24 million people. Because they

Also, officials* in current Russian Putin regime say that above number is not true, and that soviets intentionally killed only 24 million people. Because they do not acknowledge some "situations" like Ukrainian famine, deaths from nuclear tests on people,... as a "intentional" killing ... i.e. 'not their fault'. *Edit : people => officials