“Tense relations” between Poland and Russia: Warsaw protests the vandalism of a monument in Novgorod

Warsaw intends to send a letter to the Russian government requesting an investigation into the vandalism of a monument dedicated to the fallen of the Polish National Army in the city of Yogla in the Russian Novgorod region, a representative of the Polish Foreign Ministry said today. Relations between Poland and Russia are strained, especially after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. “It is a site where there were prisons, gulags, where they sent prisoners from different parts of the world, including Polish soldiers,” the Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Pavel Vronsky. “Monuments were erected in memory of the prisoners (of war). But they are not just monuments. They were erected where people who died of hunger, exhaustion, repression and disease were buried,” he added. Vronski stressed that Warsaw is asking Moscow to inform it whether the Russian authorities will conduct an investigation into the vandalism of the monument, with the aim of arresting and punishing the perpetrators. The Russian Embassy in Warsaw […]
Source: News Beast

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