DISINFO: The West aims to undermine the post-war world order
SUMMARY
The Western states are trying to question the status of Russia as a country which had won WWII. Western activities are aimed not only at the undermining the image and history of Russia, but also at the undermining the post-war world order, in which Russia has been the winner of WWII and a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
RESPONSE
This message is part of the Kremlin’s policy of historical revisionism and the Russian attempt to hide the “uncomfortable” facts of the Soviet history from 1939-1941 (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and partition of Eastern and Central Europe between Hitler and Stalin; occupation of the Baltic states; Soviet attack at Finland in 1939-1940, etc.).
The Western historians do not question the Soviet contribution to the victory in WWII and the status of the USSR as a country which had won in WWII – these facts are undeniable.
The current historical debate between the EU and Russia is a result of the denial of the Kremlin to admit the disastrous historical role of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the international crimes committed by the totalitarian Stalinist regime.
The European Parliament resolution on the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe stressed the fact that WWII was an immediate result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The resolution is aimed at the promotion of historical remembrance about WWII and condemnation of totalitarian ideologies.
It is a historical fact that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact contained the Secret Supplementary Protocol, which assumed the division of Poland and other Eastern European countries between the USSR and Germany. Thus, the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact enabled the German and Soviet military aggression against Poland in September 1939, which resulted in the occupation of this country by Germany and USSR, triggering the beginning of WWII.
See other examples of the Russian historical revisionism concerning this issue such as the Signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact thwarted the UK’s expansionist plans in Europe, The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact did not violate the rights of the Polish state, The shift of all blame for WWII outbreak at the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact the best example of manipulation of history.