Thread: What do you think about Poland.

I think all that Russia can do it continue to show people that Russians have nothing against Poles. I think the manifestations about the accident with the Polish president's plane was a good display of how regular Russians feel, and that they clearly don't hate Poles, and probably really regret the events of the 1940s that are still often brought up.

Perhaps if Russia does friendly things, for example a large Polish cultural event in Moscow, Polish stuff on state TV and exchanges etc the Poles would gradually drop their grudge. Perhaps Russia could subsidize some really beneficial "neighbour" deal with Poland, to "buy" their friendship.

It's also a little bit unfair of the Poles to blame modern Russia and Russians for things that the USSR did two generations back under Stalin.

Actually, many people still can't distinguish between the Polish and the Russian language, all they say they hear in Polish or Russian languages are some words like zhi shi chi and such.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Perhaps Russia could subsidize some really beneficial "neighbour" deal with Poland, to "buy" their friendship.

Unfortunately it cannot be done. Poland is a part of NATO thus it cannot be "friend" with Russia because if Poland would be a friend with Russia it would mean NATO is a friend of Russia and that would mean some countries (including Russia and US) would loose their imaginary arch-enemy. Having arch-enemy makes ruling a country much easier

But this does not mean that Russian people hate Polish people in general and vice versa it's just the way governments rule countries