Russia Defending 70 Year-Old Soviet/Nazi Pact.

KYIV POST.

Most of the world now condemns the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, signed 70 years ago, that allowed the Soviet Union to take over Poland and the Baltic states.

But Russia is now defending the 1939 treaty in an attempt to restore its sphere of influence.

"Molotov's grandson, Vyacheslav Nikonov, said his grandfather saw a deal with Nazi Germany as the only alternative after a failure to reach a military agreement with Britain and France."