Poland's Kaczynski Expounds On Soviet War Crimes.

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At a ceremony at Westerplatte on the Baltic coast, where the Germans fired the first shots against Poland on Sept. 1, 1939,President Lech Kaczynski compared the Soviet Union's murder of 20,000 Polish officers in the forest at Katyn and elsewhere to the Nazi genocide against the Jews.

"What's the comparison between the Holocaust and Katyn? There's one thing linking those crimes, though their scale was different. Jews perished because they were Jews. Polish officers perished because they were Polish officers," he said.

"It's not Poland that has to learn the lesson of humility. We have no reason for that. Others have -- those who caused this war," Kaczynski told war veterans and government officials.

Putin In Poland; Defending Soviet Army's Role.

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Putin joins other European leaders in the Baltic port city of Gdansk, Poland to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland.

Russia Defending 70 Year-Old Soviet/Nazi Pact.

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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."