A man with a flag of Poland. File photoMOSCOW, May 11.Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev said he did not really believe that Warsaw would back down after Moscow's call to apologize for the May 9 incident. «Let's wait for the reaction. I don’t really believe that the Polish side will give back. After all, they have already declared their position. Well, you never know. Anything is possible,» he said on the air of Solovyov Live.
Russia demanded an apology from Poland for the incident on Victory DayEarlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow is waiting for an official apology from the authorities in Poland in connection with the incident on May 9 and will decide on a reaction to it depending on the actions Warsaw. On Monday, May 9, the Russian Ambassador to Warsaw, Sergei Andreev, arrived at the memorial cemetery of Soviet soldiers on Zhvirki and Vigura Street in Warsaw, accompanied by diplomats and his wife. Aggressive-minded Poles and Ukrainians, who had gathered in advance on the territory of the cemetery, blocked his path, shouting insulting slogans. They started pouring a red substance on the ambassador and the people accompanying him, later it turned out that it was syrup. A few minutes later, the police appeared on the spot, who pushed the crowd back and the ambassador and his entourage left the scene of the attack.
