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Article: Putin blames WWII on West's deal with Hitler
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- August 31, 2009
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Russia's prime minister on Monday condemned Moscow's 1939 treaty with Berlin that carved up Europe, as well as a British and French pact with the Nazis, in remarks published before the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II.
Moscow's deal with Hitler was "immoral," Vladimir Putin wrote in an article for Poland's daily Gazeta Wyborcza. But he also blamed other European nations for leaving the Soviet Union to face Nazi Germany alone.
Putin, on the eve of his visit to Poland for war anniversary ceremonies, reiterated his support for a new collective security treaty to replace NATO that would include all of Europe, the United States and Canada.
He also struck ...