Poland has accused Russia of falsification of history. A formal letter of protest was sent to the Polish embassy in Moscow in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The reason was the one of the scenes of the News Week on Russia, reports Kommersant .

According to the Polish part, the story of Elijah Kanavin Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: declassified material , shown June 21 (the eve of anniversary of the German attack on the USSR), exposes Poland indirectly responsible for the start of the Second World.

Perturbation of Polish diplomats in particular, led to the assertion that in 1939 just before the outbreak of war Poles, confident in the support of Germany, all trying to outsmart, Japan offered to open a second front against the Soviets. Germany and Poland – with the West, Japan – from the east.

In an official letter from the Polish embassy in Moscow described the plot Kanavin a bright attempt by the falsification of history, noting that the surface and lies, of course, does not have a positive impact on improving relations between our countries.

In addition to the Russian Foreign Ministry a copy of the letter was sent to the holding VGTRK, which includes TV Channel Russia. In VGTRK will not comment on the situation, noting that the official response is not yet ready. For their part, representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed surprise by the Polish side.

The views expressed in the television, should not become the subject of formal organizations. To which, we propose to come back? We have freedom of speech – leads Kommersant, the words of Russian diplomats. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believe that Poland has a policy of double standards. If we always pay attention to the fact that the states of the history of Russia and the USSR to the public channels of Poland would be a very different conversation, – emphasized in the FCO.

Let us recall that in April 2009 at the site of the Ministry of Defense has been posted article on fiction and falsifications in the assessment of the role of the Soviet Union the previous day and the beginning of the Second World War military history of the Institute of Defense Sergei Kovalev, the author who claimed that the Second World has started because of the refusal of Poland to meet the very moderate Germany claims. Once off the press noise Defense article was removed from the site, noting that the publication of a discussion and should not be construed as an official point of view, the Russian military.