Professor Putin Gives a Great WW2 History Lecture to a Room Full of Neighboring Presidents (Transcript, Video)
It is hard to imagine a Western head of state having the educational and intellectual background to give a lengthy and detailed historical talk like this. Russian historians have assembled original documents, many of which were captured by Russian troops when they seized Berlin in 1945, which, according to Putin, prove that Western countries were not against the idea of Hitler attacking the Soviet Union, and at times colluded with the Nazis to help make that a reality.