Russian Ambassador to Warsaw Sergey Andreev said that he had explained to the representatives of the Polish Foreign Ministry the position of Moscow on issues related to events that preceded the outbreak of World War II.

The Polish Foreign Ministry invited the diplomat to talk after the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the actions of the Polish ambassador to Germany in 1938. Then this post was held by Jozef Lipsky. The head of state called the diplomat “a bastard and an anti-Semitic pig”, since Lipsky supported the idea of ​​Adolf Hitler to expel Polish Jews to Africa and promised to erect a monument to the Fuhrer in Warsaw if this plan was realized.

Andreev confirmed that he had a conversation with the Director of the Eastern Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Jan Hofmokle, and described the conversation as tough, but correct. The ambassador noted that he stated the position of the Russian side, and Hofmokl - the Polish.

At the same time, the Polish Press Agency also reported on the meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The publication cited a statement by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Marchin Psidach that during the conversation "on behalf of the Polish authorities a strong protest was expressed against the historical insinuations that have been repeatedly expressed by representatives of the highest authorities of the Russian Federation in recent days."

Andreev, commenting on this information, explained that Pshidach was not present at the meeting at the Foreign Ministry and, if he made such statements, it was not during the visit of the Russian ambassador to the department.

“If something like that sounded at my conversation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then, naturally, an adequate answer would be given to these groundless and insulting statements regarding my country and my president,” TASS Andreev said.

“We will not allow anyone to read us notations,” the diplomat added.

During the meeting of the final board of the Ministry of Defense on December 24, 2019, Vladimir Putin read excerpts from the report of the Polish ambassador to Germany in the late 1930s. Jozef Lipsky promised to put Adolf Hitler a “magnificent monument” in Warsaw in case of expulsion of Jews to Africa.

“You bastard, an anti-Semitic pig - you can’t say otherwise. He fully solidified with Hitler in his anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic moods and, moreover, for the bullying of the Jewish people he promised to erect a monument to him in Warsaw, ”said Vladimir Putin.

  • Putin called the bastard who supported Hitler in 1938 the Polish ambassador

The theme of World War II was repeatedly raised by representatives of Western countries, who often try to shift the responsibility for unleashing the conflict onto the USSR. Recall that in September the European Parliament adopted a resolution “On the Importance of Preserving Historical Memory for the Future of Europe”. The document claims that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (the Non-aggression Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union, signed in 1939) allegedly "divided Europe and the territories of independent states between the two totalitarian regimes, which paved the way for the outbreak of World War II."

The Russian president said that he was "surprised and hurt" by a resolution that actually "put the Nazi aggressors and the Soviet Union on the same level." During an informal meeting of leaders of the CIS states, Vladimir Putin presented to his colleagues copies of archival materials relating to the history of the outbreak of World War II. He noted that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was the last in a series of peace treaties with Nazi Germany - a number of European countries, including Poland, had signed such agreements with Berlin much earlier. The Russian leader added that Russia has enough archival documents that will not distort history.

Later, during a conversation with the leaders of both houses of the Russian parliament, Putin noted that, unlike some other heads of European countries, Joseph Stalin, no matter how he was treated, “did not tarnish” himself with a personal meeting with Hitler.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in turn, called the European Parliament’s resolution a set of revisionist statements and added that the European Parliament marked another outrageous attempt to “equate Nazi Germany - the aggressor country - and the USSR, whose peoples at the cost of huge sacrifices liberated Europe from fascism. "

In response, the Polish Foreign Ministry said that the statements of the Russian authorities regarding the events of the Second World War represent a "false picture of events."

Zakharova, commenting on this statement, noted that it was the representatives of Warsaw who for many years undermined the work of experts who are trying to understand the events of those times and restore historical justice, as well as bilateral relations.

“Aggressive rhetoric, demolition of monuments to the fighters against fascism, a singing role in the adoption of EU anti-Russian sanctions are direct evidence of this,” she said.