Laas Leivat
In December of 1989 the Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR adopted a resolution condemning the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (MRP) of 1939. This was widely interpreted as an apology for the USSR's complicity in the Nazi and Communist atrocities that followed.
The MRP formalized military and political co-operation between Moscow and Berlin, sanctioned the mutual invasions of Poland, gave pre-approval for war crimes such as the Katyn murders of Polish officers, paved the way for the Soviet invasion and occupation of most of Eastern Europe. It endorsed each other's use of concentration camps (helped in sharing trade secrets enhancing their efficiency) to suppress and kill people based on political and racial criteria. It marked the internationally recognized beginning of WWII.
Now the Russian State Duma is ready to pass legislation that would revoke the 1989 Soviet condemnation of the MRP, in essence rescinding any apology. The existence of the MRP's secret protocols were vehemently denied by the Soviets for decades. The content of this new bill directly contradicts undeniably determined facts, that have been clearly established by original documents and proven by genuine historical evidence. It's a politically driven distortion of actual facts – once again, the Kremlin's rejection of truth.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have all summoned their local Russians ambassadors and protested the justification of tyranny by the Soviet and Nazi regimes that this new bill represents. This proposed legislation would in essence approve internationally recognized criminal atrocities.
(Pikemalt Eesti Elu 26.06.2020 paber- ja PDF/digilehes)
