MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected claims that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union share responsibility for starting World War II. Two weeks after Germany invaded Poland on Sept.
1, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, with Adolf Hitler and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin carving up Poland and the Baltic states based on a secret protocol. Russian officials claim Moscow was forced into the move by the Wests failure to stand up to Hitler's aggression.
Speaking at an international affairs conference Thursday in the southern Russian city of Sochi, Putin said Stalins purges marked a dark page in Russias history. But he rejected the notion that Stalin shared responsibility for starting WWII as the height of cynicism. He also highlighted the decisive role that the Soviet Union played in defeating the Nazis.
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