Putin: Nothing Wrong With Soviet Union's Pact With Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin Photo: Press Portrait Service/EPA

Vladimir Putin Says There Was Nothing Wrong With Soviet Union's Pact With Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany -- The Telegraph

Russian president says he sees nothing wrong with treaty with Nazi Germany that led to the carve-up of Poland - and blames Britain for destroying any chance of an anti-fascist front

Vladimir Putin has said there was nothing bad about the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the non-aggression treaty which led to the carve-up of Poland at the outset of the Second World War, stating Britain and France destroyed any chance for an anti-fascist front with Munich Agreement.

The Russian president made the comments at a meeting with young historians in Moscow, during which he urged them to examine the lead-up to the war, among other subjects.

The comments are likely to cause dismay in eastern Europe, amid wider debate in Russia about growing attempts to use history as a means of shoring up Mr Putin's rule.

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Update: Putin Urges Russian Historians To Combat 'Rewrite' Attempts -- Radio Free Europe

My Comment: I know Putin said this deliberately because he wants to provoke a debate ..... and Russians love to debate and discuss history. But on this issue .... do not even know where to begin commenting.