"When we heard a yet another insulting accusation or historical insinuation from Warsaw targeted at Russia, our Foreign Ministry offered explanations for Moscow's position each time and recommended to leave history for the historians," she said. "Just take the claim about the liberation of Auschwitz/Birkenau by the Ukrainians."
"And then all sorts of things the Polish officials churned out in connection with the jubilee of VE-Day," Zakharova continued.
"That's just a vicious circle," she said. "And recall that for many years we have a successfully working commission for the solution of complicated historical problems. It did really unique work, as it managed to publish collections of documents and to tap solutions to knottiest dilemmas."
"It’s time for Poland to decide now on if it wants to remember the past while moving forward or to make the future contingent on transitory interpretations of history," Zakharova said.
"It’s important to remember history, our common history but we must remember it for averting errors in the future, for being wiser, for treasuring peace and good-neighbourliness," Zakharova said. "We must bring up the young generations of people on the samples of history that don’t fan reciprocal hatred but, rather, disseminate mutual respect.