Dmitry Medvedev’s article is an attempt to create resentment against Poland and build national unity among Russians on this basis; this is also the result of our policy, in which we are one of the main supporters of extending sanctions against Russia, Radosław Fogiel (PiS), head of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, told PAP.
Reuters reported on Thursday that former Russian President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned Poland in an article published in the government-owned Rossiyskoy Gazeta that the country is now considered a “dangerous enemy” and could lose its state status if it country continues on its current course.
As Radosław Fogiel noted, this is another statement by Medvedev directed against Poland.
This is certainly part of internal Russian politics. There are voices saying that this is an attempt by Medvedev to gain credibility and somehow stay afloat in the politics of the Russian regime.
– Fogiel said.
He emphasized that in the Russian narrative, Poland is presented as an enemy, an adversary, a part of the West that is against Russia.
This can also be read as an attempt to drive a wedge between Poland and the countries of the Old West, by more or less directly accusing Poland of sabre-rattling and seeking confrontation. This is partly due to the deep complex of Russian elites towards Poland. On the other hand, it is the result of a very clear Polish policy, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in which we are one of the main proponents of continuously expanding the scope of sanctions and in which we speak loudly about the need to to judge the war. crimes committed by the Russians. This is also an expression of the helplessness of the Russian authorities in the face of the situation that has struck Russia, that is, the fairly widespread exclusion and criticism of actions since the invasion of Ukraine.
– said the politician.
On Saturday, Russia celebrates National Unity Day, a holiday commemorating the liberation of Moscow from Polish rule in 1612.
The publication date of Medvedev’s article, a few days before this holiday, may not be coincidental, Fogiel points out.
This is an attempt to create resentment towards Poland and build national unity among Russians. The question is whether this is not also an expression of certain hopes regarding the situation in Poland after the elections, whether it is not an attempt to indirectly influence the future Polish government to soften its policy towards Russia, an attempt based on the experiences of previous years before 2015
– said Fogiel.
Poland as ‘historical enemy’
Medvedev, currently deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, in the 8,000-strong In an article on Russian-Polish relations in the government-run “Rossiyskoy Gazeta,” he stated that Moscow has a “dangerous enemy” in Poland, reported Reuters.
We will treat it (Poland) as a historical enemy
– wrote Medvedev.
If there is no hope of reconciliation with the enemy, Russia should adopt only one, very harsh attitude towards him (…) History has more than once passed merciless judgment on the arrogant Poles. However ambitious the revanchists’ (Poles’) plans of retaliation would be, their defeat could result in the death of the entire Polish state.
National Unity Day was established in 2004 at the initiative of Vladimir Putin and the first celebrations took place in 2005. It replaced the holiday celebrated on November 7 in the USSR, commemorating the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik coup.
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