Russia threatens Poland over dismantling Soviet monumentExternal ↗
The removal of the 1970s memorial to Gen. Ivan Chernyakhovsky (jew) began Thursday in the northern town of Pieniezno
Poland's ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, while Russia's embassy in Warsaw has issued a "strong protest" and has expressed "deep indignation" over the dissembling of the concrete-and-metal memorial, which it called a "blasphemous act."The statement said that Russia has "warned the Polish side many times" that removing such monuments cannot continue "without the most serious consequences." It did not specify the consequences.