DISINFO: Russia should not maintain diplomatic relations with Russophobic Poland
SUMMARY
There is no point in maintaining diplomatic relations with Poland. This state must not exist for Russia while there is no one but Russophobes in power, and Ukraine is full of Polish mercenaries, who should be ruthlessly exterminated like stinky rats.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about an alleged Russophobic and anti-Russian Poland. Pro-Kremlin outlets regularly accuse the Polish authorities of Russophobia and of inflaming anti-Russian sentiments in order to reach particular domestic goals.
This claim, voiced by former President Dmitry Medvedev, now Deputy Chair of the Russian National Security Council, turns up the volume by suggesting to have Poland disappear. As such he deliberately ignite Russian historical revisionism fuelling hate towards the Polish state as such.
The Polish authorities perceive Russia as a security threat because of the aggressive Russian actions, in particular in Crimea, Donbas and Eastern Europe.
The 2020 National Security Strategy of Poland states that the most serious security threat for the country is the neo-imperial policy of the authorities of the Russian Federation, pursued by means of military force (aggression against Georgia, illegal annexation of Crimea and military actions in Eastern Ukraine). These aggressive actions of the Kremlin have violated the basic principles of international law and undermined the pillars of the European security system.
Particularly in the context of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and armed military aggression in Ukraine, Poland supports the deployment of NATO troops on its soil as this step increases its domestic security. Two-thirds of the Poles have a positive opinion about NATO’s activities.
See other examples of similar messages claiming that constant intimidation with Russia is used to make Poland economically dependent on the USA, the Polish authorities created an insane hysteria of intimidation with Russia, used for the needs of domestic politics and the national security strategy of Poland is a manifestation of traditional Russophobia of the Polish authorities.