Denial of Soviet occupation
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Denial of Soviet occupation is the refusal to admit military occupations of many Eastern European countries from the prelude to the aftermath of World War II.[1][2]
[edit] Examples
| “ | Saying that USSR had occupied the Baltic states is absurd and nonsense. One can not occupy something that already belongs to him. | ” |
| —Russian Federation's foreign minister Sergei Ivanov, May 7 2005, in an address to Red Army veterans[3] | ||
| “ | It is just another inadequate action of the President. What occupation? This is absurd. [...] Communists will use all influence on the parliamentary majority to prevent opening of such museum. | ” |
| —Oleksandr Golub, of the Communist Party of Ukraine, March 2 2007, commenting on president Yushchenko's initiative on opening an occupation museum in Ukraine. [4] | ||
| “ | There was no occupation. There were agreements at the time with the legitimately elected authorities in the Baltic countries. | ” |
| —Kremlin's European affairs chief Sergei Yastrzhembsky[5] | ||
[edit] References
- ↑ Warfare and Society in Europe: 1898 to the Present By Michael S. Neiberg; p 160
- ↑ AP European History; p. 461
- ↑ RIA Novosti: Иванов назвал "абсурдом" заявления об оккупации СССР Прибалтики То, что говорят, что СССР оккупировал прибалтийские государства — это абсурд и чушь. Нельзя оккупировать то, что тебе принадлежит.
- ↑ Communists against creation of Occupation Museum in Ukraine, March 2 2007
- ↑ AFP May 2005: Kremlin denies Soviet 'occupation' of Baltics
