HE WHO CONTROLS THE PAST… Russia’s Supreme Court rules that the USSR did not invade Poland in 1939.

Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Perm blogger Vladimir Luzgin for reposting a text which states that both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland in 1939. The Supreme Court’s ruling came on September 1, 2016, the 77th anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, 17 days before the anniversary of the Soviet invasion from the east.

Henry Reznik, the well-known lawyer who was representing Luzgin, commented that the Supreme Court has discredited itself through this ruling and promised to appeal further. He added that an application to the European Court of Human Rights was simply demanded.

Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Rippentrop could not be reached for comment, nor could more than 20,000 men and officers of the Polish Army last seen in or near the Katyn Forest.