The monument of gratitude to the red Army demolished in Poland

In the Polish city of Limanov municipal authorities demolished monument of Gratitude to the red Army, Moscow regards this blasphemous action As the unleashing of the " war of monuments ", said the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
" for the last period of time in Poland, the cases of vandalism concerning monuments to Soviet soldiers who liberated during the Second world war Polish lands from the invaders, and also attempts of unauthorized transfer of monuments ", - notified on the Internet representative office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation." Even at this unfavorable background is truly one of the most glaring was taking place in the Polish city of Limanov (lesser Poland) the demolition of the monument of Gratitude to the red Army ", - is informed in the report." This blasphemous campaign carried out by the municipal authorities in violation of the agreement between the RF government and the government of the Republic of Poland on burial places and places of memory of victims of wars and repression of 22 February 1994, and, of course, without the consent of the Russian side, " said the foreign Ministry. The foreign Ministry considered it As " an attempt actual unilateral revision of the current Russian-Polish intergovernmental agreement, and under the present - unleashing the " war of monuments ". Moreover, this is done in the beginning of 70-th anniversary of the Victory of the USSR in the great Patriotic war ". Moscow reminds Polish partners that in their land, houses the remains of more than 600 thousand of Soviet soldiers who gave their lives for the liberation of Poland from the Nazi invaders "." Expected from the Polish side official pronouncements and ensure unconditional compliance with bilateral agreements and accepted in a civilized society norms ", - is informed in the report. As reported by the print edition of VIEW, on Svoboda square in the Polish city of Katowice first dismantled the monument to Soviet soldiers who bore the name of Gratitude of the Soviet Army. Authorized left parties has recognized wrongful removal, and Soviet veterans called the decision of the authorities Katowice " spitting in the Russian soul ". However, Russia, As stated, many years ago gave permission for this action. On the eve of may the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation expressed his indignation at the fact that in the town Pennino in Northern Poland vandals again desecrated the monument to the two times Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the 3rd Belorussian front, Army General Ivan Chernyakhovsky. The international Committee of the Seimas has recognized wrongful act of vandalism against the monument Chernyakhovsky. The Committee encouraged to review and report on the dismantling of the monument, adopted before the Ministry of culture of Poland. Experts believe that the attack on the monument reflects the overall growth of hostility to Moscow against the background of Ukrainian fall. On the eve of April, the Polish authorities called for the demolition of the monument in Pennino, moreover, not at the local and at the state level." Monuments, the staff of the symbols of struggle and martyrdom, are required in the 1st turn to carry the educational function, " said foreign Minister of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski.- in the case of General Ivan Chernyakhovsky difficult to talk about a positive example. He is responsible for the detention and deportation of several thousand soldiers of the Army in the camp, most of whom lost their lives ". In April, the Council for the protection of memory of fighting and martyrdom under the Ministry of culture, which is authorized to approve normative documents in such cases, said that the monument in Pennino does not fall under the 1994 agreement, since under it there is no grave, and He is not a " place of memory ".


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