Opinion: there would be no modern Poland if not for the victory of Red Army over Nazis

The Adviser-Envoy of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia, Aleksandr Shpakovsky, discussed why Poland decided to calculate the damage it had allegedly suffered because of the USSR, whether this desire is being realised, and why Poland should be thankful to the Soviet Union

As noted by the Alfa Radio host, Vadim Shepet, Warsaw initially decided to calculate how much Germany should pay to it, and then focused on Russia. “Does this mean that Poland has no money at all?” he asked Mr. Shpakovsky, who replied, “This is a consequence of the historical thinking that prevails in the minds of the Polish ruling elite. It is clear that Warsaw has no practical opportunities to recover reparations from the modern Federal Republic of Germany. It is just an element of domestic political bravado. We know of a special attitude of Polish society towards Germany, and we also know that the PiS ruling party [Law and Justice conservative political party of Poland] is now trying to play on an external agenda, involving Germany, Russia and Belarus. As our President noted, those in Poland are making attempts to win the upcoming parliamentary elections by means of a Belarusian issue, portraying our absolutely peaceful country as a threat to Poland. We understand that these statements are dictated by approximately the same considerations. However, from the point of view of common sense, it is worth emphasising that if it were not for the Soviet Union and the victory of the Red Army over the Nazis, perhaps there would be no Poland now in principle. This is because Hitler's plans for Poles did not envisage any form of Polish statehood. Poles belonged to a group of Slavic peoples who were in an extremely low position in the hierarchy of the Nazis.”