Russian parliament chief proposes Polish truck ban, says Warsaw owes Moscow billions
Reuters
23-05-21 09:09
Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has called for a ban on Polish trucks making their way through Russia and demanded compensation worth over $750bn from Poland, stating Warsaw needed punishing for “betraying the historical memory” of World War Two. Volodin claims that it was the Soviet Union that rebuilt Poland following the war and that the country owes a historical debt to Moscow for this work. Volodin’s remarks came amid growing tension between the two countries with strained relations between the two states, since Russia’s support of Ukrainian separatists and the annexation of Ukraine.