The Russians remember, and it inactive hurts them that Poles were the only nation to win the Kremlin (...) They remember who, for respective years, was at the forefront of Russian imperialism with president Lech Kaczyński – said Minister Jan Dziedziczak, Plenipotentiary of the Government for Polish Affairs and Poles behind the Border.
The closure by the Russian Federation of the Polish consular agency in Smolensk is part of a series of hostile, hostile actions. We do not anticipate anything else from a country that carries out war, aggression, genocide on civilians. For example, in St. Petersburg territory a very crucial monument commemorating Polish victims of large panic died. 1 day at the local cemetery it turned out that this monument was not there. The Russian authorities explain that a tree fell and destroyed the monument. And that they only took it for restoration. However, it is not known where they took him, who took him. Besides, there's no broken trees, no sign of any damage. So this is another alternatively grim communicative entering what the Russians have been doing in fresh years.
The Consular Agency in Smolensk is, as the name suggests, a reasonably tiny consular facility, which primarily deals with memorial sites crucial for Polish national identity. I mean the cemetery in Katyn and the memorial site of the Smolensk Tragedy. These are places very crucial to our identity, places visited by our countrymen from all over the world. Places where it should be crucial for all Pole to keep them decently. This was done by the Consular Agency in Smolensk. These duties will now be transferred to the Consular Division of the Embassy of the Republic of Moscow. We'll be fine. It's gonna be harder, but we can handle it.
The Russians remember, and it inactive hurts them that Poles were the only people to win the Kremlin. In Red Square there is inactive a monument to Minim and Pożarski, those inhabitants of Moscow who raised revolt against the occupying Polish Kremlin. After the collapse of the russian Union, the festival of the October Revolution is inactive celebrated today, but under a fresh name and a fresh narrative, that it is the day of the exile of Poles from the Kremlin.
Russians have a certain complex towards Poland, towards Poles.
Of course, here we would have added the 1920 war and Poland's triumph over the russian Union. And today, thanks to the actions of the Polish operation in Ukraine, this shameful aggression of the Russian Federation Putin failed. Ukraine was to fall in 2 or 3 days. Remember what the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany said during those first days, who had experienced disregard from the establishment: “We are to aid you? You'll be gone in a fewer hours! What are we talking about?’
And it most likely would have been, due to the fact that this script was very likely, but thanks to Poland's determination, Poland accepted aid from the free planet for Ukraine. Poland has not accepted the fact that Ukraine is about to fall, has mobilised the free planet to help. And fortunately this Russian aggression failed, the Russians stuck in Ukraine.
The Russians remember who made it happen. They remember who, for respective years now, opposed the politics of Russian imperialism with president Lech Kaczyński.
Other countries, with Germany as a leader, did not care about Russian imperialism. An example is the Nord Stream 1 project, which is this task hostile to Poland and Ukraine, leading the energy corridor after the Baltic floor. A corridor much more costly than land. However, Russia and Germany decided to bear these costs in order to bypass Poland and Ukraine. After the war of 2014, after Russia's aggression against Ukraine, after annexation of Crimea, the Russians and Germany implemented the Nord Stream 2 project. So there were specified environments and there was a full free planet all the time that wanted Ukraine to die rapidly and to be able to return to average business. Poland opposed it, mobilized the free world. The Americans joined here, followed by another countries, and managed to halt this aggression. The Russians have not captured Ukraine, and we are safe.
As a Polish State, we control the situation. This wall, so ridiculed by full opposition, besides helps in defending our safety. Let us remember that there were opponents of building the wall, there were opponents of the presence of the Polish Army and officers of the Border Guard, another uniformed services of the Polish State in the east.
We're being vigilant. We have adequate officers and soldiers to defend our borders. We have clear statements from our allies. The Polish State is simply a serious, well-organised state and our preparations have an effect.
Jan Dziedziczak, Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish Affairs and Poles Behind the Border
Speech to tv Republic.
Information Agency, Reviews, /EST/ 6.88.2023
