Go to the media bankThe national flag of Poland and the flag of the European Union on the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland in Warsaw. File photoWARSAW, Oct 28Poland will calculate losses during the years of World War II and demand compensation from Russia, the Polish Foreign Ministry said. , similar to those that led to the compilation of a report on the damage caused to Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation during the Second World War 1939-1945,” the message says.
Four monuments to Soviet soldiers are being dismantled in Poland at once In mid-October, Warsaw sent a diplomatic note to Berlin demanding to pay approximately $1.3 trillion in reparations for World War II. There has not yet been an official response, but the German government has repeatedly stated that it will not do anything of the kind: Poland received fairly large reparations immediately after the war and there is no reason to question its refusal to pay in 1953. Along with this, many Polish politicians more than once urged to present similar claims to Russia. This was stated, in particular, by the head of the ruling Law and Justice party, Yaroslav Kaczynski, and President Andrzej Duda recently supported the idea. The Russian Foreign Ministry called these demands inadequate and lying in the realm of political fantasies. As noted in the diplomatic department, Poland is trying to solve its own internal political problems, referring to «historical revisionism.» In the Kremlin, Poland's statements were considered rabid Russophobia and «unhealthy political extremism.» The Red Army liberated Poland from the Nazi invaders in 1944-1945. Soviet losses in this operation amounted to more than 600 thousand people. In addition, the USSR provided enormous assistance in the post-war restoration of the republic. In Warsaw alone, tens of thousands of mines were cleared, bridges and roads were restored. Food, coal, kerosene were donated to the population. At the same time, the Soviet military did not interfere in the internal way of life of the Polish people.
