“It’s the same as I would demand to return my young years to me. But they have already passed. Yes, and if we calculate everything wisely, it will be one to one. We need to go forward - it’s important, ”Walesa said in an interview with Sobesednik.ru.
He called on Russia and Poland to have a dialogue, because "when people talk, you can discuss problems and find ways to solve them."
“But even now these relations can be made good. In our countries, they should be like that. When we fight, only third forces win. From Warsaw it was always closer to Moscow than to Washington, ”the former head of state added.
Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Pavel Jablonski said that Warsaw has an “unconditional” right to demand reparations from Russia “for war crimes” during World War II.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Yablonsky’s statement as articulation.
Vladimir Putin noted that Russia will create an archive center to prevent Western countries from perverting the history of the Great Patriotic War.
On January 27, the head of state instructed the Cabinet to ensure the creation of a set of archival documents, film and photo materials dedicated to the Second World War.