Russia blames Stalin for Katyn tragedy in rare move
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday directly blamed Joseph Stalin for the 1940 massacre of 22,000 Polish officers at Katyn in a rare condemnation of the dictator, in a vote widely seen as an attempt by Moscow to improve ties with Poland. Communist supporters hold a banner bearing the images of Soviet state leaders Vladimir Lenin (R) and Josef Stalin during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in central Moscow November 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov/Files) Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, voted in favour of a resolution saying documents in secret archives showed Stalin directly ordered…
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