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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says West Sows Nonsense about History

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with historians and representatives of traditional religions of Russia on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Russian Historical and Russian Military Historical Societies, on the National Unity Day in Moscow on November 4, 2022. (Sputnik / AFP)

President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the West had hammered historical nonsense into the heads of millions of people, including about the real course of World War Two and the Soviet Union's role in the victory over Nazi Germany.

Without citing evidence, Putin repeated a claim that Poland has not abandoned dreams of taking over parts of Ukraine.

Poland has repeatedly denied such Russian claims, and says such statements are disinformation spread by Moscow in an attempt to sow discord between Warsaw and Kyiv.

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