Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Charge d’Affaires of Poland

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Chargé d’Affaires of Poland Jacek Shlyadevsky and handed him a note of protest over the incident that took place on May 9 at the cemetery-mausoleum of Soviet soldiers in Warsaw. About it informed press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On May 9, the Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, was unable to lay wreaths in memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War. He was thwarted by a crowd that had gathered at the memorial cemetery. One of the organizers demanded that Andreev remove the St. George ribbon. The Polish police said they had no reason to obstruct the protesters. As a result, the diplomatic mission left the memorial.

“This blatant act has become another link in the chain of provocative steps taken by Warsaw, whose entire Russophobic policy is aimed at distorting the history of World War II in an effort to erase from the memory of the Poles gratitude to the valiant Red Army soldiers who liberated their country from the horrors of Nazism,” the Foreign Ministry commented on the incident.

The Polish diplomat was also told that the “anti-Russian orgy” unleashed by Warsaw went beyond the principles of communication between neighboring countries, and Moscow would take retaliatory measures.

“The Russian side, of course, reserves the right to choose the time and nature of reciprocal actions,” the Foreign Ministry added.

In the Kremlin today regarded disruption of the wreath-laying ceremony as hostile action by the Polish authorities.

“This is not even Russophobia anymore, these are such processes bordering on insanity,” said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

The Russian ambassador has not been allowed to lay flowers on May 9 for the second year already. In 2022 Andreeva attacked during the ceremony, dousing the diplomat with red paint. After that, the ambassador left the cemetery, accompanied by police.