Vladimir Putin says there was nothing wrong with Soviet Union's pact with Adolf Hitler's Nazi German

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23. The pact had a secret protocol dividing Poland and other countries

Secret Additional Protocol.

Article I. In the event of a territorial and political rearrangement in the areas belonging to the Baltic States (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), the northern boundary of Lithuania shall represent the boundary of the spheres of influence of Germany and U.S.S.R. In this connection the interest of Lithuania in the Vilna area is recognized by each party.

Article II. In the event of a territorial and political rearrangement of the areas belonging to the Polish state, the spheres of influence of Germany and the U.S.S.R. shall be bounded approximately by the line of the rivers Narev, Vistula and San.

The question of whether the interests of both parties make desirable the maintenance of an independent Polish States and how such a state should be bounded can only be definitely determined in the course of further political developments.

In any event both Governments will resolve this question by means of a friendly agreement.

Article III. With regard to Southeastern Europe attention is called by the Soviet side to its interest in Bessarabia. The German side declares its complete political disinteredness in these areas.

Article IV. This protocol shall be treated by both parties as strictly secret.

Moscow, August 23, 1939.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1939pact.html

That's why it's not just a 'peace treaty', and why Putin, when he was trying to be nice to the Poles, called it 'immoral':

"Without any doubt, it is possible to condemn - and with good reason - the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact concluded in August 1939," he wrote, referring to the two ministers who signed the pact.

"In our country, the immoral character of the pact was given an unequivocal evaluation by our parliament," he added - in apparent reference to a 1989 condemnation of the pact.

http://news.sky.com/story/720135/putin-moves-to-calm-poland-wwii-tensions

Yes, the Soviet Union was on the side of the Nazis from September 1939 until the Nazis turned on them. They divided up Poland between them.