Putin claims that western Poland is gift from Stalin
Vladimir Putin (Photo:Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS)
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has described western Polish territory as a "gift" from Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, claiming that it was his actions that caused Poland to receive this area from Germany after World War II.
"The western
territories of present-day Poland are a gift from Stalin to the Poles, have our
friends in Warsaw forgotten about this? We will remind you," Putin
threatened at a meeting with members of the Russian security council on July
21.
The dictator also
instructed the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei
Naryshki,n to monitor Poland's possible intention to “occupy Western Ukraine.”
There is no evidence of this being a possibility.
In Putin's
imagination, a "Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian initiative in the field of
security" may “occupy” Western Ukraine. He did not provide any evidence
for this.
He threatened
Poland with the loss of its independence as a result of "such aggressive
politics." Putin also claimed that Poland owes its independence to the
Soviet Union.
On May 21, Russian
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin blamed Poland for “betraying historical
memory” and claimed it owes over $750 billion to Moscow for its liberation from
Nazi Germany and rebuilding of the country.
"For
centuries, Russia has been great at turning things on their heads to pull the
wool over our eyes," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said,
commenting on Volodin's absurd claims.
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