Russia rewrites the history of 22,000 Poles murdered by Soviet forces during World War II

[erronis]

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-28/russia-rewrites-the-history-of-22000-poles-murdered-by-soviet-forces-during-world-war-ii.html

Re-writing history, yet again. Putin looks to Stalin for guidance.

In 2010, Moscow acknowledged responsibility for the Katyn massacre and issued a formal apology, but a recent document now blames Nazi Germany for the war crime

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rekindled Poland’s old fear of its giant neighbor. Amid escalating tensions, the Kremlin is now rewriting one of its darkest chapters ― the 1940 massacre of over 22,000 Poles in the Katyn Forest (in Russia’s Smolensk region) by Soviet forces. This comes 13 years after the Duma (the Russian Parliament) apologized to Poland for that war crime during the early years of World War II. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the principal security force of Russia and successor agency to the Soviet Union’s KGB, has now released a document attributing this war crime to Nazi Germany and exonerating the USSR.

The debate on responsibility for that bloodbath seemed to have been settled during the rapprochement between Warsaw and Moscow more than a decade ago, but times have changed and friction between the two countries is red hot. “The debate in Russia over the unclear circumstances of the Katyn case continues,” states an article published in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official journal. “This is partly because of the openly hostile position Poland has taken towards Russia in recent years and the destruction of monuments to Red Army soldiers who died during the liberation of that country from the Nazis,” says the article, echoing the publicly released FSB document.

[TexasDem69]

1. I didn't realize there was any question

Last edited Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:31 PM - Edit history (1)

About the USSR’s responsibility. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre Seems like Turkey pretending the Ottoman Empire wasn’t responsible for the Armenian Genocide (or that it didn’t even happen).

[Igel]

2. Only in Russia. n/t

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3. The period at the end of your link breaks it.

You may want to add a space between the link and the period.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre

[TexasDem69]

4. Thanks!

Think I fixed it

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5. De nada. It works now. : ) nt

[gratuitous]

6. How very Republican of them

Any historical event that makes you feel uncomfortable is just rewritten.