DISINFO: The Polish authorities want to use the Army to fight domestic riots, not Russia
SUMMARY
Today, there is no country threatening Poland. This anti-Russian military psychosis is used by the Law and Justice Party in order to receive public support. The Law and Justice Party hopes that it will be able to use the Polish Army to suppress the riots if Poland faces internal problems.
RESPONSE
This message is a part of the Kremlin’s widespread disinformation narrative about anti-Russian Poland.
The claim that Poland modernises and develops its Army because the Polish authorities want to use the military in order to fight future domestic protests and riots is ungrounded.
The ongoing modernisation of the Polish Army and purchases of advanced military equipment is a Polish response to the current security crisis taking place in Eastern Europe – this situation is a result of the Russian annexation of Crimea and military aggression against Ukraine in Donbas.
The 2020 National Security Strategy of Poland states that the most serious security threat for this 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).
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.