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'War' Against Monuments in Poland Provokes Aggravation in Relations With Russia

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The Polish authorities' actions aimed against Soviet monuments provoke a further aggravation of the relations with Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in... 22.06.2017, Sputnik International

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'War' Against Monuments in Poland Provokes Aggravation in Relations With Russia

16:37 GMT 22.06.2017

© AP Photo / Czarek SokolowskiWarsaw residents walk among the graves and a monument of Red Army soldiers killed while driving Nazi German troops from the city in January 1945, at their cemetery in Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw residents walk among the graves and a monument of Red Army soldiers killed while driving Nazi German troops from the city in January 1945, at their cemetery in Warsaw, Poland - Sputnik International

The Polish authorities' actions aimed against Soviet monuments provoke a further aggravation of the relations with Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday.

A Polish Army soldier attends the 2017 Iron Wolf exercise in Stasenai, Lithuania, June 20, 2017 - Sputnik International

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Sejm, or lower house of Poland's parliament, adopted amendments earlier Thursday to the so-called de-communization law stipulating the demolition of almost 500 Soviet-era monuments in the country.

"Those who continue the campaign of 'war' against monuments should realize that they are provoking further aggravation in Russian-Polish relations," the Russian ministry said.