Russian ambassador is doused in red paint while laying flowers at Soviet war memorial in Poland

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Russian ambassador is doused in red paint while laying flowers at Soviet war memorial in Poland

By CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR MAILONLINE
9 May 2022

Russia's ambassador to Poland was doused in red paint and pelted with objects as he tried to lay a wreath at a memorial to Soviet soldiers in Warsaw today.

Sergei Andreev was confronted by protesters as he tried to mark Victory Day - Nazi Germany's surrender in 1945 - at the Soviet Military ceremony in the Polish capital.

He was blocked from entering the cemetery by a crowd that waved Ukrainian flags in his face and chanted 'fascist' before people began throwing things at him.

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Source:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10797131/Ukraine-war-Russian-ambassador-doused-red-paint-Poland.html

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Soon there will be none to worry about

Then And Now: Soviet Monuments Disappear Across Poland
In 2017, just before a Polish law came into force banning monuments that “symbolize or propagate” totalitarianism, RFE/RL photographer Amos Chapple documented some of the country's Soviet memorials.

Many Poles see memorials to specific Red Army units as being justified for those who died fighting Nazi Germany – particularly when they mark places where Soviet soldiers were killed.

But many also support the removal of Soviet monuments in Poland. They recall Moscow's complicity in the 1939 invasion of their country by Nazi Germany. They consider the Soviet troops who eventually pushed the Nazis out as an occupation force that paved the way for half a century of Soviet domination.

Russian officials condemn the removal of Soviet monuments across the former Eastern Bloc and have repeatedly threatened "consequences.”

https://www.rferl.org/a/then-and-now-photos-show-soviet-monuments-disappearing-in-poland-after-decommunization-law/30905305.html