It is time to blame them

The expansion of the Polish law on the prohibition of propaganda of "communism or other totalitarian system" can even more complicate the relations of Moscow and Warsaw. This is stated in the commentary of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“We know about the preparatory amendments to the Polish legislation prohibiting the“ propaganda of communism or another totalitarian system. ”Their adoption will open the path to the mass extermination of Soviet/Russian monuments in Poland. We want to resolutely warn the Polish side of such a rash step in order to avoid additional complications in our already difficult two -way relations,” the notes noted, ”the one said in document.

The Russian Foreign Ministry made such a statement in connection with the dismantling of a monument to the Soviet soldiers in the Polish city of Lanzut. "The decision to get rid of this memorial object was made by an obvious manner. No consultations with the Russian side were required by the international legal obligations of Warsaw, we are talking about the next act of demonstrative cynicism., They say." We and all the civilized community are shown how in Poland they relate to the tragic pages of recent history. "

In May, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a law on decommunization , prohibiting the propaganda of communism or other totalitarian regime in the names of streets, buildings and other public facilities. Such names "cannot perpetuate people, organizations, events or dates symbolizing communism or another totalitarian regime, or promote such a regime in a different way," the explanatory note to the law said. Under propaganda communism, the law prescribes to understand the names that "symbolize the repressive, authoritarian and non-coherent system of power in Poland in 1944-1989."

However, new norms did not apply to monuments, obelisks and memorial boards.

On March 31, the President of the Institute of National Memory Lukash Kaminsky stated that the Polish authorities intend to demolish about 500 Soviet monuments across the country. According to him, the Soviet monuments should be transferred to museums symbolizing the "dominance of the communist system over Poland."

"Their preservation is a consequence of the incomplete in Poland of the beginning of the beginning of the 90s. It was a fatal mistake that has been a reason used in propaganda and provocations against our homeland for many years," Kaminsky said. At the same time, he emphasized that the state would continue to take care of the monuments on the site of Soviet military graves.

The head of the institute suggested that Moscow would protest against these actions. “The Kremlin’s diplomatic service reacts very violently every time a monument dedicated to the Soviet Army is liquidated in Poland,” he explained. At the same time, Kaminsky added that the country's Foreign Ministry will constantly inform about the demolition of monuments.