Poland is supporting Nazis against Russia, without considering that they might turn their weapons against Poland itself. Who is spreading these lies and fear?
Recent Kremlin disinformation targeting Poles has focused on sowing fears that supporting Ukraine will inevitably drag Poland into the war, portraying Ukrainian refugees as a major burden on the Polish budget, and reopening sensitive historical issues in Polish-Ukrainian relations. A new theme, however, has begun to surface: the Polish-Ukrainian border itself.
This theme was recently raised by Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the All-Russian Patriotic Forum in Moscow. The event gathered around 4,000 participants. Its concept, according to organisers,”is based on reflection on Russia’s heroic path from the past to the present.”
Speaking at the forum, Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claimed that “Poland supports Ukrainian Nazis against Russia, without considering that they might turn their weapons against it.” TASS prominently reported her remarks—unsurprising given that, in Kremlin rhetoric, every Ukrainian patriot is labelled a “Nazi.”
“These are the same West Ukrainian remnants who once murdered Poles, and who today are officially sponsored by Warsaw—thinking this will weaken us, without considering that, given the shared border, these weapons may later be turned against them,” she said during a panel titled “Diplomacy of a New Era: How Russia Builds Dialogue with the World.”
Zakharova did not limit her accusations to Poland. She went on to attack the whole “West,” reviving long-debunked claims about the family history of Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s former foreign minister. “The West cultivated descendants of Nazi criminals in order to build an anti-Russian front,” Zakharova declared, again quoted by TASS.
“It was precisely such people who were protected, promoted, and placed into positions of power in order to create this anti-Russian, Russophobic front, rooted in history,” she lied.
In reality, Baerbock has never attempted to whitewash her grandfather’s past, let alone relativize Nazism. Her political message consistently emphasizes the condemnation of totalitarianism and the defence of the post-1945 international order.
Zakharova’s argument rests on an inherently flawed premise: the idea of inherited guilt. Her suggestion is that “the grandchildren of Nazis are automatically Nazis.” By the same logic, the grandchildren of Stalinists would automatically be Stalinists.
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