Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
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