Why Vladimir Putin is angry at Poland
Vladimir Putin's criticism of Poland followsfor the outbreak of World War Two.
For the Russian president, equating the two"is the height of cynicism", and once again he resorted to a practice which his critics disparagingly call"whataboutism" - where he tried to turn the tables by levelling the charge at someone else, namely Poland. The Soviet Union has frequently been accused of carving Poland up together with Nazi Germany as a result of its pact of non-aggression with Hitler .Image copyrightThe USSR's victory in World War Two is one of the most venerated pillars of state ideology, and more than 70 years on it is still celebrated with much fanfare and bombast every year. It is also a key way for President Putin to legitimise himself and his expansionist foreign policy as a successor to the Soviet empire.
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