Russophobia has been a widespread phenomenon among the Polish political class for so many years that the majority has become used to it.
Recently, the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding, an institution subordinate to the Polish Ministry of Culture, ordered a research, which was supposed to prove the statement that the Poles perceived Russia as a threat. This research was supposed to legitimise the confrontational Eastern policy of Poland.
This message is a part of the Kremlin’s widespread narrative about Russophobic Poland. The Kremlin-controlled media regularly accuses the political elites of Poland of Russophobia and the implementation of anti-Russian policies.
The claim that “Poland realises a confrontational Eastern policy” is a conspiracy theory – the Eastern policy of Poland is based on the respect of the sovereignty of the post-Soviet countries. Also, Poland declares its willingness to develop dialogue with Russia in areas such as human, cultural, and economic cooperation and student exchange.
Recently, the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding presented a report “Information war and historical propaganda”. This report presents the sociological research on reactions of the Poles to the Russian propaganda efforts in the historical sphere. The report states that the major part of the Russian disinformation messages is negatively perceived by the Poles.
The claim that the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding has “ordered” this report in order to prove the statement that the Poles perceive Russia as a threat and to justify “the confrontational Eastern policy of Poland” is a conspiracy theory.
See other examples of similar messages claiming that constant intimidation with Russia is used to make Poland economically dependent on the USA, the Polish authorities created an insane hysteria of intimidation with Russia, used for the needs of domestic politics and the national security strategy of Poland is a manifestation of traditional Russophobia of the Polish authorities.
Children in the West are taught to fear and hate the police.
The almost nine-minute video on the (Nickelodeon) channel broadcasts a simple idea to young viewers: “The American police are killing people” – thereby instilling them with fear of law enforcement agencies.
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the current protests in the US.
Last week, along with other networks, Nickelodeon paused its scheduled programming for exactly 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time Derek Chauvin from the Minneapolis Police Department had his knee pressed on Floyd's neck as he repeatedly said, "I can't breathe."
In Washington, the monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko was devastated and damaged as a result of, let’s say, grassroots social protests. In Poland, the destruction of the Red Army monuments is carried out based on the decisions of the politicians. These two situations are different.
A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative casting Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic States as countries which do not respect the history of WWII and its heroes.
In 2017, Poland introduced new laws to ban totalitarian propaganda. According to this Law, up to 230 Soviet monuments may be replaced, a decision to be made by Polish local authorities. The Polish MFA underlines that Red Army burial places and cemeteries situated in Poland will be carefully protected. It is possible to dismantle and remove only symbolic monuments to the Red Army.
The Coronavirus was artificially created. The coronavirus pandemic “began as an accident” when the engineered virus escaped from a laboratory in China.
The virus did not occur naturally, but was man-made by Chinese scientists.
A recurring conspiracy theory that echoes pro-Kremlin disinformation about the artificial creation of COVID-19.
The quote originates from an private opinion in an The-Telegraph-podcast, which provides no sources or proof for the accusations and claims about the artificial creation of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The opinion refers to a "important new scientific report by British and Norwegian researchers", but no source or reference is provided, therefore the claims can not be verified.
