Poland Prepares Reparations Claim Against Russia for the Soviet Period
An investigation into Russia's historical crimes is being conducted on the instructions of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Poland is preparing a demand for reparations from Russia for crimes committed during the period of Soviet influence, analogous to the demand for €1.3 trillion in compensation from Germany for World War II crimes, writes the Financial Times. An investigation into Russia's historical crimes is being conducted on the instructions of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Bartosz Gondek, Director of the Jan Karski Institute of War Losses, stated that the investigation concerning Russia would be "more extensive" than the work on Germany, because the USSR controlled Poland for 40 years longer.
Gondek noted that the team of historians faces more difficulties with the investigation of the Soviet period — Polish historians do not have access to secret Russian archives, and many documents were falsified or destroyed during the Soviet era.
Arkadiusz Mularczyk, a Member of the European Parliament from the right-wing opposition Polish party "Law and Justice" (PiS), who initiated the demands against Germany in 2022, stated that his party had always planned to present demands to Russia later.
However, he accused Tusk of "cynically extracting political gain" by demanding reparations from Russia to divert attention from the stagnation in negotiations with Berlin.
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