The Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland denied the protection of the Soviet monuments outside cemeteries
Witold Waszczykowski The Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland Witold Waszczykowski said that the authorities do not intend to care for monuments, established in honor of the red army. He reported about it in interview to the newspaper “Kommersant”. According to him, the graves and cemeteries of nothing will happen: they are protected by international law, the Polish government and bilateral agreements. “We are not destroying the monuments on the graves. But the local government may destroy the symbols of Soviet domination: the red stars, hammer and sickle — that’s something like,” — said Waszczykowski. He noted, Warsaw grateful for the liberation from Nazi occupation in 1945. “But then the next 45 years, the Soviet army was dictating who will rule Poland — and it wasn’t the government, elected by the poles. And that the government appreciated the Soviet symbols in the Polish cities. And democratic government — no,” the