Not together, but a date

The words of the head of the Foreign Ministry of Poland Vitold Vishchikovsky about the responsibility of the USSR for the beginning of World War II are dangerous, as it encourages the spiritual heirs of the Nazis. This was stated by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky, Interfax reports .

"The head of the Poland Foreign Ministry Vitold Vashchikovsky, in an effort to justify state blasphemy and desecration of the memory of fighters with fascism, came to an extreme degree of political cynicism and historical illiteracy," said Slutsky. He called the accusations against the USSR another attempt to rewrite history.

Such statements are dangerous, since “revenge, spiritual heirs of the Nazis,” the deputy noted. “The contribution of the Soviet people to the victory over the brown plague, to the liberation of Europe, including Poland, cannot and should not be questioned,” Slutsky emphasized.

Vice Speaker Irina Yarovaya compared Veshchikovsky with Joseph Goebbels. "The head of the Poland Foreign Ministry reached his false cynicism to the position of the ideologist of the fascist Reich Goebbels: the more monstrous lies, the more willing to believe in it," she said .

On Thursday, Vashchikovsky said that the USSR, along with the Third Reich, was responsible for the beginning of World War II, the Rzeczpospolita newspaper reported . The minister emphasized that in 1939 the Soviet Union and Germany jointly attacked Poland. So Vashchikovsky commented on the statement of Russia's ambassador to Warsaw Sergey Andreev that Poland should save monuments to fighters of the Red Army on their territory.

"It is impossible to begin the history of Polish-Soviet, Polish-Russian relations since 1945, since the release from the German occupation," Veshchikovsky noted. In his opinion, the Soviet Union fought on the territory of Poland with Germany "in its own interests, since at that time he himself was a victim of German aggression for several years."

On June 22, the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish Parliament) voted for the decision to demolish monuments glorifying communism and, in particular, the Red Army. Corresponding amendments were made in the law on decommunization adopted last year.

Dismantling will be carried out after consultations with the Institute of National Memory. Nastro monuments, as well as monuments included in the register of architectural monuments, demonstrated for scientific purposes or as works of art, are not subject to demolition. In addition, the amendments do not apply to objects that are not put on public display.

Other monuments are proposed to be dismantled during the year after amendments entered into force. On the territory of Poland, there are at least 469 such objects, and about 250 of them are dedicated to the Red Army.

In Russia, the adoption of the bill immediately caused a sharp reaction. “The deputies of the Seim of Poland seemed to have demolished conscience and head,” said Irina Yarovaya Vice Speaker, Speaker of the State Duma. On July 5, deputy Nikolai Kharitonov, a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, suggested immediately interrupt diplomatic relations and stop trade with Poland. However, his proposal was not supported. On July 25, the Federation Council called on President Vladimir Putin to impose sanctions against Poland .