On August 23, 2024 it was announced that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been invited to join as full members from January 1 next year. The news of the ...
The 75th anniversary of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in which Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union pledged non-aggression toward each other and shortly thereafter divided Poland, passed with ...
President Vladimir Putin is writing an article to justify the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, which paved the way to the Second World War. Leaders generally do not attempt to excuse their countries’ ...
Vladimir Putin has long peddled a narrative of World War II that whitewashes Soviet complicity in the outset of hostilities in Europe. To justify Russian aggression today, he wholly ignores Moscow’s ...
Hidden early alliance: Victory Day commemorations leave out the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between the USSR and Nazi Germany, which divided Eastern Europe. Shaping public memory: Official narratives ...
Parade without context: This year’s scaled-back Victory Day parade in Moscow celebrated Soviet heroism but avoided the early alliance with Nazi Germany. Forgotten pact: The 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop ...