Poland has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to manipulate history after the American magazine the National Interest published written by Russian leader article “the Real lessons of the 75th anniversary of the Second world war.” This writes The Telegraph.
The Director of the Department of homeland security office of the Prime Minister of Poland Stanislaw Garin (Stanislaw Zaryn) told the newspaper that Putin has attempted to present a false picture of the Second world war.
“"War memory", which continues Russia, intended to whitewash the shameful Soviet past, to erase from collective memory the fact that during the war Stalin and Hitler colluded with each other, and reinforce the myth that the Soviet Union is the only winner of Nazi Germany,” he said.
According to The Telegraph, if in the 1990-ies the Russian authorities recognized the numerous crimes of the Soviet regime and apologized for them, in recent years, the Kremlin’s policy in this regard has changed significantly. In particular, according to the publication, Moscow unreasonably insists that a non-aggression Pact between the Soviet Union and Germany was a necessary measure.
Earlier it was reported that the article, which was published on June 18, Putin spoke about the collusion of Poland with the Fuhrer of the Third Reich by Adolf Hitler before the Second world war. According to the President, in 1938 Poland had agreed with Germany about the partition of Czechoslovakia. In the same article, the Russian leader noted that the tragedy that unfolded in Poland after the Nazi invasion of the country, lies entirely on the conscience of the then Polish authorities.
