History and you decide what you you have im not saying polls are not entitled to their own interpretation of the modern talk ribbentrop that my own personal view is that given the situation which existed in august 19th 39 a pact between so and germany was probably something that many people in moscow would have decided maint sense to them yeah they failed to forge an alliance with the west they tried they failed to fortunately once with poland they tried a pact which limited as they would see it german expansion east would have made sense to there the problem is not that there are these divergent opinions about this event it is that in the west increasingly not talking about the historic story and talking about medium and talking. Politics we are not only hearing only one view of the maldives of ribbentrop pact each is becoming increasingly the all to dos view which everybody who wishes to be considered respectable and accepted is required increasingly to accept and that i think is dan
A matter of just historical contestation about watch you happened who was responsible political blind been light now is particularly controversial at the present moment the actually front of us of course because whats going on in in relations between the Russian Federation and the west because of the unique ukrainian crisis because the propaganda war thats going on between the Russian Federation west and the anniversary of the war particular events associate to it has become part of that political struggle ok alex let me go to you in london and say you know we have as i pointed out a few seconds ago russia wasnt invited to these the festivities in poland certainly a snub to the russians but the germans were invited it reminds me of the you know the abyss so be it not see nonaggression pact ok i mean if one can draw conclusions about the morality of that but the cold political kalki. And you cant deny but the poles want to seem to have it just one way go ahead alex well the poles have t
Poles want to seem to have it just one way go ahead alex well the poles have their own interpretation of the of the model of soft ribbentrop the russians there is theres also what people like Jeffrey Roberts do which is that you go through history and you decide what you you have im not saying holds a nazi titles to their own interpretation of the modern talk ribbentrop that my own personal view is that given the situation which existed in all his 939 a pact between so and germany was probably something that many people in moscow would have decided maint sense to them yeah they failed to forge an alliance with the west right they failed to fortunately once with poland they tried a pact which limited as they were. Seen it german expansion eastward would have made sense to there the problem is not that there are these divergent opinions about this event it is that in the west increasingly not talking about the historic story and talking about medium and talking about politics. We are not
Alliance with the west they tried they failed to fortune the lines with poland they tried a pact which limited as they would seen it german expansion eastward would have made sense to there the problem is not that there are these divergent opinions about this event it is that in the west increasingly not talking about the historic story and talking about medium and talking about politics. We are not only hearing only one view of the maldives of ribbentrop pact each is becoming increasingly the all to dos view which everybody who wishes to be considered respectable and accepted is required increasingly to accept and that i think is dangerous thing because it distorts very badly our understanding of the events let you know not all and it also means that the last of us who were the principle country then suffered the raters losses during that war on and on in effect the disallowed from having an opinion about its own region yes particularly demons since that was the red army that liberate
The outcome of the 2nd world war but we had this. In warsaw the russians were not invited the germans were why is that still controversial well the idea around of us for the. Boys of course a massive amount of us were you know 2nd world war 5060000000 people died. Reshaped completely the 20th century well were still living with the consequences of shadow so you know it is one of the most important of all historical but its political still its always been its always been political its always been a matter of just historical contestation about watch you happen to was responsible political blind bend light now hes particularly controversial at the present moment the actually front of us of course because whats going on in in relations between the Russian Federation and the west because of the unique ukrainian. Us this because the propaganda war it was going on between the Russian Federation west and yoke the anniversary at award particular events associate who the of become part of that p