Lessons of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Must Be Remembered

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This is a speech by Garry Kasparov on the 80th Anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union (Russia) and Nazi Germany.

Link: https://youtu.be/EC0NyK93ErY
Pdf of the text: http://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/MLICommentary_Oct2019_Kasparov_FWeb.pdf

As I said in my speech on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in Toronto last week, we must be fully opposed to the Putin regime's efforts to revise history by ignoring Stalin's alliance with Hitler & whitewashing his murderous crimes. https://t.co/2NZ1VFmyuY

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 17, 2019

Also the video and text: https://upnorth.eu/garry-kasparov-keynote-address-molotov-ribbentrop-pact-80th-anniversary/