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

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101. Stalin did NOT start WWII, he did attack Poland, he did NOT attack Romania

Stalin also did NOT attack the Baltic Nations, in the case of Romania he gave the Romanians a choice and they decided to leave Stalin have what he wanted. In the case of the Baltic nations, Stalin demanded that his troops be left in, and they were left in and then he slowly took over the country. Technically Stalin did not invade them, he just took them over.

You can also say the same thing about Poland. Stalin did not move into the areas reserved for the Soviet Union for almost two weeks after the German Attack and again given that most Polish troops were in Western Poland fighting the Germans, it was more a peaceful takeover when compared to the German Attack. Remember by the time of the Soviet Intervention, the Germans already has Warsaw.

In fact when the Red Army Crossed the Border, the Polish reaction was to order its troops NOT to fight unless attacked. Do to the confusion do to lack of communications some fighting did occur, but it was all minor compared to the attacks by the Germans.

At 04:00 on 17 September, Rydz-Śmigły ordered the Polish troops to fall back, stipulating that they only engage Soviet troops in self-defence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland

Just a comment on Poland and Russia in 1939, even the Poles came to view the Russian Intervention as NOT an attack (Till after WWII, when it became fashionable to do so, except in Poland itself, and in Poland itself after the collapse of the Soviet Union).