The display on Gogol Boulevard, described by Belsat as carrying “lies about Poland” and Russian propaganda, opened with State Duma deputy chairman Boris Chernyshev saying it shows how “hatred” toward Russia “formed in Poland over many generations.”
Panels advertised by RIA Novosti include claims about the “fabrication of the Katyń case” and the “liberation of Poland by the Red Army.”
Another section focuses on “Russophobia in contemporary Poland,” asserting that more than 500 monuments to Red Army soldiers were demolished in recent years.
One board uses a photograph from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Warsaw—showing him embraced by then-President Andrzej Duda—captioned: “Leader of the Ukrainian regime Zelenskiy loves hugging Poland’s leaders.”
The same panel alleges that thousands of Polish mercenaries fight in Ukraine’s armed forces.
A segment on the 1919–1921 Polish-Bolshevik war labels Poland a “tool of Western aggression against Russia” and describes the Bolshevik invasion as a Red Army “counteroffensive.”
Another board condemns the “inhuman” expulsions and deportations of millions of Germans from the so-called Recovered Territories, without explaining how this supports the “Russophobia” thesis.
The exhibition is scheduled to run until early November.
It was organized by the Russian Military-Historical Society, established by decree in 2022, which says its goals include supporting research into national military history and preventing attempts to distort it.
The society is led by Vladimir Medinsky, a former culture minister and current adviser to President Vladimir Putin.
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Source: TVP Info, Belsat