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Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia were wrong, Putin says
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66784638
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The Soviet Union invaded Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 following mass protests and demands for greater freedoms.
A moderator asked him how he would respond to those who say the Soviet Union behaved like a colonial power when it sent tanks into Prague in 1968 and Budapest in 1956.
Mr Putin said: "We acknowledged a long time ago that that part of the Soviet policy was mistaken and only led to tension in relations.
Mr Putin’s comments about the Soviet Union’s actions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia appear to contradict the views of some within his inner circle.
In August, a history textbook written by one of Mr Putin’s advisers, Vladimir Medinsky, claimed that the 1956 Hungarian Revolution was a fascist uprising organised by the West and said that the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary in 1990 had been a mistake.
The Soviet Union was made up of 15 countries but counted several more satellite states, including Hungary and Czechoslovakia, within its sphere of influence.
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