DISINFO: Poland pursues territorial revanchist goals
SUMMARY
The “mad Russophobia” of the Polish authorities buried Warsaw’s relations with Moscow a long time ago – the recent elections will not change Poland’s revanchist course.
Poland is actively using the situation in Ukraine in order to cover its struggle for leadership in Europe – Warsaw is ready to achieve its goals, even at the expense of fatal consequences for its neighbours.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative presenting Poland as an aggressive anti-Russian state with imperial ambitions.
This claim was made in a recent article of Dmitry Medvedev about the Polish-Russian relations. In this article, the former Russian President presents a long list of “traditional” anti-Polish accusations (alleged Russophobia, imperialism, revanchism, aggressive anti-Russian policies, historical revisionism, etc.).
The claims that Polish foreign and security policy is based on “territorial revanchism” and that the Polish elites are trying to revive the “Polish Empire” are groundless.
Poland adheres to international law regarding state borders, fully supports the independence and territorial integrity of neighbouring countries, and it rejects any “imperial” ambitions towards other countries. Poland, as well as the EU and the US, respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. No neighbouring state, except the Russian Federation, violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity in a display of imperial, revisionist aggression.
Read more about the Eastern policy of Poland here.
See our in-depth debunk of the claims of Polish historical revisionism.
See other examples of similar messages claiming that Polish authorities are obsessed with the idea of reconstruction of a modern Polish Empire and Megalomaniacal Polish politicians realise their plan of “Drang nach Osten” in Belarus.