“Two years ago, Poland had practically no relations with Russia. Now we are signing further agreements,” Radosław Sikorski, then head of Polish diplomacy, marveled at Poland’s relations with Putin’s regime in the Tomasz Lis program on TVP Info just before the Smolensk disaster.
How Tusk and Sikorski portrayed themselves as anti-Putin
Since in February last year the Russian satrap Vladimir Putin, who started a ruthless aggression against Ukraine, once again expressed his imperialist leanings, Civic Platform politicians are actually trying to talk about Russia and the Kremlin war criminal in the same way as Law and Justice been doing for years. Not only that – representatives of the largest opposition party like Donald Tusk or Radosław Sikorski even try to convince that they warned against Putin from the very beginning, and all statements about “dialogue with Russia as it is” are certainly “manipulated” and “cut off” . out of context” by “PiS propaganda”. It may be feared that we will soon see the day when the leader of Civic Platform will claim that it was he who in August 2008, during the Russian attack on Georgia, in Tbilisi famously words: “And we also know very well that today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after tomorrow the Baltic States, and then maybe it’s time for my country, Poland,” and the late President Lech Kaczyński was replaced in the recordings with “PiS propaganda instead of Prime Minister Tusk.
Since Putin’s brutal attack on Ukraine, as well as on the anniversaries of the Smolensk disaster and the Katyn massacre, the network often recalls the statements of leading PO politicians from their time in power. Donald Tusk and Radosław Sikorski usually react quite nervously when they are reminded, to put it mildly, of the naive and reckless policies of the Putin regime, which – as Garry Kasparov wrote – is “born of blood” and commits crimes almost from the beginning. get started. first days of his tenure in the Kremlin.
“Visit to Katyn”
This time a rather interesting interview by Tomasz Lis with Radosław Sikorski was recalled, which probably took place shortly before April 10, 2010, when the then President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, died together with his wife and a delegation. in a plane crash on the way to the anniversary celebration of Katyn’s massacre.
Two years ago, Poland had practically no relations with Russia. We are now signing further agreements. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was on Westerplatte and decided that World War II had started then. He agreed with the findings of the difficult issues group. Now he will be the host in Katyn
– said Radosław Sikorski in the program “Tomasz Lis live” broadcast on TVP at the time.
The moderator asked whether President Lech Kaczyński’s visit to Katyn would accelerate the rapprochement between Poland and Russia.
It depends what he says. I believe the president, of course, if he wants to go, he will go. If I personally advised him, Victory Day in Moscow would be a celebration at the level of heads of state
said the then foreign minister
And such a noble division of labor could flourish here. The president could go to Kharkov, to Miednoye, and since the hosts invited the prime minister here, it might be more convenient
– added.
Then Tomasz Lis asked a very interesting question.
Would you be more afraid of the disrespect that President Kaczyński might receive from the Russians in Katyn, or are you more afraid that Lech Kaczyński would say something in Katyn that would spoil the impression and positive effect of this meeting?. In other words, Lis feared that President Lech Kaczyński would offend Russian satrap Vladimir Putin. Well, the truth about the Katyn massacre has always been inconvenient and painful for Putin, as well as for his spiritual ancestors – the Soviets, so probably anything President Kaczyński would say during such a visit can be considered “spoiling the impression and a positive feeling”. effect.”
I think the reason why Prime Minister Putin decided to be in Katyn is that he too wants to move this issue to a metaphysical order. In this sense, the Orthodox Church is a reliable partner for us, and this spiritual and metaphysical dimension, which leads to reconciliation, must be central and not distracted by some protocol or political clash.
replied Sikorski.
Sikorski’s clumsy defense
To make things more interesting, voices soon emerged defending Radosław Sikorski and his policy towards Russia, “recalling” that shortly after the Smolensk disaster, Jarosław Kaczyński issued an appeal to Russian friends and that President Lech Kaczyński was supposed to take part to participate in the May 2010 Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. Both are true, except that:
Since there will be representatives of the entire anti-Hitler coalition, since it will be possible – and this is actually the crux of the matter – to mark Poland’s huge contribution to the victory, to the war… the greatness of the Polish Sacrifice; and even the fact that there will be units, there will be a unit of the Polish Armed Forces, which did not exist in 2005 … If our participation is enough for other members of the anti-Hitler coalition – I think it is worth is worth
– said in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on RMF FM, the then head of the Presidential Office, Władysław Stasiak, on April 8, 2010. Two days later, Stasiak and President Lech Kaczyński died in the crash in Smolensk.
The president would like to go – but exactly in the spirit I am talking about now – he would like to go to Moscow, but if it is well organized, well organized and Poland – not the president or this or that person, but Poland – good will be represented, so that our contribution to the Second World War is duly, that is to say, with dignity
– argued Stasiak.
As for the speech of the PiS president, in which he addressed the Russians (and he spoke about matters that are very painful for Putin, such as the truth or the Katyn massacre), it is worth recalling how important PO- politicians responded. Most interesting were the words of Andrzej Halicki, who couldn’t get over the fact that Jarosław Kaczyński had insulted Putin terribly not long before.
I have the impression of a great falsehood and insincere message. In fact, it is an election message addressed to Poland
– said Halicki in Radio TOK FM’s Morning. He also recalled that when Jarosław Kaczyński was prime minister, there were no meetings of high-ranking representatives of the governments of Poland and Russia. The PO politician also drew attention to the speech of the PiS president in connection with Putin’s visit to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
Then Jarosław Kaczyński asked why he came here, that he represented Russian nationalism and that his presence in Poland was a scandal. When he talks about friends today, it sounds insincere. Unless he changed his mind 180 degrees – then you should be happy
Halicki emphasized.
Today, we probably all see that the only “metaphysical” aspect of Putin’s presence in world politics is that he very faithfully reproduces the crimes of the Soviets of World War II.
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Source: wPolityce