Playing The Victim: Poland's Favorite Role.

THE GUARDIAN, UK.
"An apology that comes too late is likely to exacerbate rather than end a quarrel. Thus Vladimir Putin's letter to the Poles – in which he appears to unreservedly apologise for the fact that in September 1939 the Soviet Union was allied with Nazi Germany – has not been received with either gratitude or appreciation. On the contrary, by suggesting that the Soviet Union had made its full contribution to the ultimate defeat of the common enemy, the Russian PM's remarks have been interpreted as an underhand excuse. Even his admission that Polish officers were massacred at Katyn has not satisfied the Polish public."