Polish Foreign Ministry Fires Back at Zakharova: 800+ Versus Russian ‘Coffin Money’

Following sharp verbal exchanges between Warsaw and Moscow over President Karol Nawrocki’s remarks, the Polish Foreign Ministry has issued a striking statistical rebuke comparing economic and social welfare standards.

Zakharova Reacts to Nawrocki’s Anniversary Speech

Wewiór commented on the words of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, who responded to Thursday’s (August 6) speech by President Karol Nawrocki.

Zakharova stated that Poland cannot accept that it owes its existence to Stalin.

The Polish president delivered a speech in front of the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the anniversary of taking office and taking the oath before the National Assembly. One of the topics was Poland’s relations with Ukraine.

Strategy on Ukraine and the Russian Threat

It is Poland’s interest that Ukraine and Ukrainian soldiers cope as best as possible with the post-Soviet Russian Federation and keep them as far away from Poland as possible. This is obvious. Such is the strategy of the Polish state, Nawrocki said at the time.

Let them slaughter the Soviets who attacked them there, and it doesn’t hurt us Poles at all. In this regard, they can always count on our help, because wherever the Muscovite is beaten, Poland helps, even if it does not participate directly in this war, the Polish president continued.

These words outraged the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a Telegram post, she assessed that the use of the word “Muscovite” proves that the Polish president uses hate speech.

Accusations of Historical Complexes

An employee of the Gdańsk museum forgot that Russia and Poland have a direct border. There is no Ukraine or Ukrainians between us. It used to be a border of mutually beneficial cooperation, of which thanks to people like Nawrocki and Sikorski nothing is left, Zakharova wrote.

She added that another attack by the Polish authorities is the result of historical complexes and impotent anger resulting from the awareness that modern Poland within its present borders owes its existence to the Soviets and personally to comrade Stalin, which in turn extremely irritates Karol Nawrocki.

Polish Foreign Ministry Responds with Facts

The statements of the Russian MFA spokesperson were addressed on Saturday on X by the spokesperson for the Polish diplomatic department, Maciej Wewiór.

Maria Zakharova is threatening Poland again. As always, it is time for facts. Russia has a territory 55 times larger than Poland, huge deposits and a population 4 times larger. But Poland is one of the fastest growing economies, our GDP per capita is 2 times higher. We have more than 2 times more motorways and expressways, and the homicide rate is close to 10 times lower. Not to mention the difference in allies, Wewiór wrote.

Social Policy Contrast and Security Realities

He emphasized that while Poland supports families through 800+, nursery benefits, and leaves, in Russia military pay and coffin money are becoming the foundation of social policy. We do not send soldiers to the front where life expectancy is about 30 minutes. And our politicians argue with each other even standing by open windows… that is the salt of democracy, the MFA spokesperson noted.

Zakharova’s statement—specifically calling Nawrocki and the head of the MFA Russophobes—was also commented on by Radosław Sikorski, referring to his speech at the UN Security Council in February 2024.

Phobia means irrational fear. Meanwhile, we receive threats of nuclear annihilation almost every day from the former president of Russia and Putin’s propagandists. I argue that this is not irrational, Radosław Sikorski said at the time.