In an interview with RIA Novosti Executive Director of the International monitoring organization CIS-EMO Stanislav Bychok explained the reasons why the Polish government is trying to obtain from Russia and Germany, reparations for damage during world war II. Bychok sure that in Poland history has become hostage to politics.
“past Events begin to be interpreted in a modern way, and modern States and Nations are ostensibly guilty and responsible, in moral and material terms, for the policy pursued by the government and the country, which today is not on the map of the world”, — said the expert.
According to the Bychok, in Poland state policy on control of the “correct” interpretation of historical events. The Institute of national memory control programs in educational institutions and public appearances.
the Position of Warsaw is the expert explained that Poland became a principal victim of the territorial and ideological ambitions of the two totalitarian regimes. Therefore, Poland may charge the post-war reparations in the amount of what she deems sufficient, and for an indefinite period of time.
In the end, concluded Bychok, Russia and Germany will not pay anything to Poland, but leading Polish politicians (e.g., President Andrzej Duda and head of the party “law and justice” Jaroslaw Kaczynski) confirm their commitment to the “national Polish historical identity.”