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Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov signs pact with Nazi Germany in August 1939 (Photo: nara.gov)

Revanchist Russia continues to rewrite European history

The Soviet Union never invaded Poland in World War Two, Russia has claimed, in a new version of history with disturbing parallels for modern times.

The Russian foreign ministry published its latest statement on WW2 on Facebook on Tuesday (17 September) - 80 years after Soviet forces entered and occupied parts of Poland.

They did it on the basis of a secret protocol to carve up eastern Europe in the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany.

The Russian occupati...

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Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov signs pact with Nazi Germany in August 1939 (Photo: nara.gov)

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