The Polish consul in Smolensk appealed to the Russian authorities demanding an explanation after the Polish flag was removed from the memorial in Katyn in the Smolensk region. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Marcin Przydacz told Polish Radio about this..

The decision to remove the flags of Poland was made by the Ministry of Culture of Russia.

" He also appealed to the Russian authorities who manage this place, demanding an explanation and pointing out that such actions are completely unacceptable for the Polish side, and at the same time testify to the lack of a civilizational approach to the issue of the memory of those killed.. Appropriate respect should be a civilizational standard,"

The Russian administration also removed the flag from the memorial in Mednoy, Tver region.

The director of the Museum of Modern Russia, Irina Velikana, in an interview with one of the Russian media, said that the Polish flags were removed due to the current "

Velikanova claims that the flags of Russia and Poland were a symbol of friendship between our peoples, and Poland took an open hostile position towards the Russian Federation.

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Recall that Russia has long been deliberately spreading the narrative about the non-subjectivity and lack of independence of Poland..