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Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]
Stalin was a sick puppy that didn't even care about his own family as they also where killed on his orders.
Dont believe everything mr Radzinski writes about :) It is proves, that Stalin's son died in battle, daughter immigrated to the West (eer i think) and his mom died of natural causes.
Also this survey among Russians change nothing, those people are politically and historically illiterate
Thats exactly kind of ignorance from the Polish side that turns Russians against you... Who knows, maybe some Polish guy back in 1920-ies told the same to Stalin?
Stalin proofed his military incompetence before, because of his stupidity Soviets lost Polish-Soviet war
I dont know, who lost the war, but it is you who complain that Poland was occupied for 50 years. Even though it won.
As i know, Russians connects Putin with their powerful days from time of Russian Empire, not with Stalin. With persons such was Peter The Great (referring on rebuilding of Russia and reforms).
and as i know, Russians want progressive and democratic (not democratic by false standards of so called west but truly democratic!) Russia. Only that kind of Russia can help to Serbs.
As Russia seems to me as a country divided into two parts - a White monarchists and a Red communists one (look at Russia's flag, there is even a joke about it, that there are Reds and Whites in Russia and there is Volga between them ) so i suppose some people connect Putin with Peter he great while other associate him with Stalin. And knowing it, Putin tryes to satisfy both parties without going into communism/monarchism extremes. I know what you mean by the real democracy, but I think 90-ies have shown former USSR states what it is about and they just can not accept it in any way. That is just the way it is now sadly, because if you choose from three main political systems Russia had lately, communism was most profitable for people. (Oh, and if someone wants to remind me about Stalin again, please bear in mind that there were 40 years under the red flag after Stalin's death.)
we were defender but If you think about our offensive on Kiev that it was against Russians you are wrong because we wanted independent Ukraina. What is more after we beaten Russians is battle of Warszawa and in battle of Niemen we could march on Moscov (and take it again) there was big French pressure to do so but Pilsudski said that there is Russia and Russia in for Russians.
Well, I dont quite get the logic in being defenders by trying to make a part of another country independent. Its like if Canada would invade Alaska to defend it!
However todays Russia stands by the similar point of view and I think Putin made it clear - he is not going to attack or invade anyone whatever they do, but he will be ready to do so if any other country will become a threat to it. It is up to that country to decide what they want. In fact, all major countries share the same point of view, so I dont see anything strange here.
