In his article for the Daily Telegraph, Mateusz Morawiecki argues that it is not enough to support Ukraine, but that the West should “eradicate the ideology behind the Russian attack.”

„When I talk to young people, the history of the 20th century sounds like a macabre fairy tale to them. It seems impossible that Hitler or Stalin could return in our time. However, the illusion that history cannot repeat itself was exposed on February 24 this year. The inconceivable became fact when missiles fell on Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other cities of a sovereign, democratic state in the heart of Europe,” the Polish Prime Minister underlines. 

Morawiecki refers to the Victory parade which took place on Monday in Moscow to celebrate the end of the Second World War. He draws attention to the fact that Vladimir Putin “ignored the fact that while the Red Army defeated Nazi Germany, it brought slavery to many nations.” 

He emphasises the suffering that Central and Eastern European countries had to endure under Soviet rule while the West “chose to compromise with Stalin, knowing it was a deal with the devil.” 

In Morawiecki’s opinion, the rebirth of Europe required the establishment of “a system in which war and totalitarianism would never again be possible.” 

The streets of Bucha, Irpin and Mariupol have run with the blood of innocents. What is happening in Ukraine signifies the return of the accursed ideologies. […] Putin is neither Hitler nor Stalin. Unfortunately, he is more dangerous. Not only does he have deadlier weapons at his disposal, but he also has the new media at his fingertips to spread his propaganda,” – Morawiecki warned.

According to the Polish Prime Minister, Putin’s “Russkiy Mir” ideology is the equivalent of 20th-century communism and Nazism. He describes it as “an ideology through which Russia justifies invented rights and privileges for its country.” 

He concluded by urging the West to “root out this monstrous new ideology entirely” and concludes that “the only chance for Russia and the civilised world is ‘deputinisation’.”

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Author: Sébastien Meuwissen