Original sentence: Claims exist that the letter 'E' was cut onto the backs of the victims.Estonia's Mart Laar, who dismisses this as propaganda, maintains that these claims were reinvigorated in the 1980s as a way of distracting historians analysing the Kautla massacre, and have been repeated in Russian media in 2000s.Since the era of Stalin, accusations against the original Erna team having participated in mass murder of Soviet political activists have cropped up.The Russian Federation classifies members of the Erna recce as 'Nazis'.. Russian authorities regard the commemorative Erna retk as a “Nazi orgy” (ibid
Edited sentence: Since the era of Stalin, Soviet propagandists have been making counterfactual assertions of the original Erna team having participated in mass murder of Soviet political activists.Sometimes, the myths also claim that the letter 'E' was cut onto the backs of the victims.The Russian Federation's original position incorrectly classifies the members 'Nazis'.. Russian authorities regard the commemorative Erna retk as a “Nazi orgy” (ibid.These claims were reinvigorated in the 1980s as a way of distracting historians analysing the Kautla massacre, and have been repeated in Russian media in 2000s