Russia demands territory and $750 billion from Poland

Russia demands 750 billion dollars from Poland, which the USSR allegedly spent on its reconstruction after the World War II.

This was stated by the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Viacheslav Volodin, Onet.pl reports.

Russia is offended by the fact that Poland has allegedly "forgotten that its liberation from fascist invaders came at a high price to the Soviet people."

The Speaker of the Russian State Duma, Viacheslav Volodin, claims that official Warsaw must pay for the assistance it received from the USSR during the World War II. According to him, Poland "behaves in a rude manner" when it demolishes monuments to Soviet soldiers and closes Russian schools.

"Poland exists as a state only because of our country. The Poles are acting despicably:

1. They demolish monuments to the Soviet soldier-liberator. 2. They close Russian schools. 3. They steal Russian property, behave in a rude manner. Having abandoned the common history, having mocked the memory of our soldiers and officers, Poland must return the territories acquired after the World War II and reimburse our country for the funds spent on it during the war and post-war years," the Speaker of the Russian State Duma said.

In addition, Volodin proposed to impose sanctions against Poland by banning Polish trucks from traveling through Russia.

"Let them load the goods onto Russian trucks. Our citizens will earn money from transportation. In this case, Poland's expenses could amount to about 8.5 billion euros. Experts estimate that about 2,000 Polish transportation companies employing more than 20,000 drivers will suffer or go bankrupt as a result. We will consider the issue at the Duma on Monday," he threatened.

Earlier, Polish diplomat and former director of the Polish Institute in Moscow and St. Petersburg Jerome Grała suggested that Viacheslav Volodin has a better chance of succeeding dictator Volodymyr Putin than Dmytro Medvediev.

"Volodin is a monster, real material for a new secretary general. When Putin began to manage his career, he became humble. And that's why he is a much more promising candidate for successor than Medvediev," Grała said.

The relationships between Poland and Russia have been tense for a long time, but they have deteriorated even further since Russian troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last February.

In March, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the expulsion of 45 Russian diplomats. They were suspected of espionage.