Putin accuses Poland of colluding with Hitler
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin upped the ante in a war of words with Europe on Tuesday, accusing Poland of colluding with Hitler and of anti-Semitism.
Tensions are running high between Moscow and Warsaw, with Nato and EU member Poland fearing what it has described as Russian military adventurism and imperialist tendencies.
Speaking to military top brass and using bad language at one point, Putin said that Poland was in cahoots with Hitler during World War II.
"Essentially they colluded with Hitler. This is clear from documents, archival documents," Putin said in an emotional end-of-year speech at the defence ministry.
Resorting to bad language, Putin said a war-time Polish ambassador allegedly promised to put up a statue of Hitler in Warsaw for his pledges to send Jews to Africa.
"A bastard, an anti-Semitic pig, you cannot put it any other way," Putin said, referring to what he said were the diaries of the Polish ambassador in Germany.
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