In 2015, the Slovak and Czech governments addressed their disapproval with the Kremlin after Russian State TV aired a nationally-aired documentary defending the USSR's role in the Prague Spring.
The film argued that the Warsaw Pact sent troops, including Poles, Hungarians and Bulgarians, into Czechoslovakia in response to a purported threat from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (NATO)
Using Soviet-era documentaries and former Soviet servicemen as sources, the film alleged that many of the protesters subdued by Warsaw Pact troops were fascists, Nazis, and members of the Nazi SS—arguments reminiscent of Russia’s current justification for its interventions in Ukraine.
The film also defended the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian revolt of 1956, which killed thousands. The film noted that the Soviet Union was then occupying force in Hungary, which had been an ally of Nazi Germany, and that Soviet forces were responsible for maintaining order.
- Alan Cullison
Try Ukraine. There are still people who survived the “Holodomor”. Not liking the Russians for it.
Lol. Russia has no need to pander to Czech’s childish tantrum.
Just like China.
Majority of Chinese are proud of China’s intervention in Korean war. They won’t say sorry to pathetic South Korea.
Given Russia’s history of brutally oppressing Eastern Europe, they are not popular throughout the region. It goes back hundreds of years. The Poles and Hungarians despise them as do a lot of Ukranians not to mention Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians.
Stigmas abound. Back in the 70’s, my boyfriend’s Jewish boss told me to leave his home , and I was no longer welcome there when he found out my ancestral family had come to Texas from Germany...in the 1840’s.
My Dad had a friend who witnessed the 1968 invasion by the Russians. A plane load of Russians landed at the airport every 30 seconds. And the planes kept landing for hours and hours.