How far does Vladimir Putin's account of the Soviet Union's dealings with Nazi Germany drift from the historical record?

by Impatient_Optimist

Putin's article can be found here:

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/vladimir-putin-real-lessons-75th-anniversary-world-war-ii-162982

In particular, I'm curious about support for his claim that the Soviet Union didn't want to partition Poland and only invaded Poland to keep the German front lines further from the Soviet heartland.

zmur_lv

The claim about Poland is accurate, see this : https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/j3b0r0/stalins_motivation_for_the_molotovribbentrop_pact/g9qci3x?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
/u/zmur_lv

This is basically the same topic: motivation for the Molotov Ribbentrop pact.