Historian Roy Medvedev criticized the commission for the numbers of professional historians there ; he counted three members as historians out of actual five , stating " even they are not recognized among professionals . " The legislation received criticism in many countries , mainly former Warsaw Pact and former Soviet republics . The Baltic states argue about the recognition of the occupation , Ukraine disputes the famine in 1930s , and Poland argues the massacre in Katyn . Critics said the official view from Moscow glossed over Soviet-era crimes . In many countries the years of the Soviet Union are seen as hostile Soviet occupations
massacre in Katyn
Katyn massacre
Presidential Commission of the Russian Federation to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests