Polish War Cemetery in Mednoye

Removal of Polish flags from Katyn memorial' tramples' on victims' memory - official

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Russia is “trampling on the memory” of the victims of the Katyn Massacre by removing Polish flags from their cemetery, a Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman has claimed.

Removal of Polish flag at Katyn unacceptable, says deputy FM

Attempts to remove a Polish flag from the Katyn Massacre memorial site in Russia are "absolutely unacceptable" and show "how far away Russia is today from civilisational standards," a Polish deputy foreign minister has said.

Poland protests against removal of Polish flags from Katyn memorial

Poland has officially protested against the removal by the Russian authorities of Polish flags from the Katyn war cemetery, a presidential official has said.

Polish diplomats barred from laying flowers in Russian city of Tver

Polish diplomats will not be allowed to lay flowers at a building that once was the local headquarters of the dreaded Soviet secret police NKVD, charge d'affaires of the Polish Embassy in Moscow Jacek Sladewski said.

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