Article ed. Luke Jastrzębski “Rusophobia, rusophilia and Realism“ He led me to any thoughts and conclusions. I am not going to argue with the Author, as I mostly support the thesis presented by him, but I would draw accents somewhat differently. In his text ed. Jastrzębski referred mainly to russophobia, not rusophilia, which is somewhat understandable, due to the fact that in mainstream media it is written about Russia almost exclusively badly. The author correctly dealt with russophobic attitudes as completely irrational and harmful to Poland, as well as rightly stated that the present war would yet end, and "establishing average relations with the Russian Federation is fundamental to the Polish national interestIt’s okay. ” I, too, have repeatedly stressed that we have no territorial or national disputes with the Russian Federation, and the notorious burning of relations with Russia is harmful and dangerous to our country.
However, the problem with Russia is much more complicated. As ed rightly noted. Jastrzębski — ‘authorities in the Kremlin truly do not request Poland for anything” and “Before 2022, it was not noticeable in RussiaIt’s okay. ” And here's the point. The Russian Federation as a superpower plays in a completely different league than Poland. Russia, like the US, is an imperial state (which is in no way a charge but a constatus of the state of affairs) and with completely different geostrategic objectives. Russia's possible and global position forces Russia to keep and grow its own spheres of influence. I do not believe that even after normalizing relations we can be an equal partner for Russia. Any effort to reverse alliances can only lead to a change in hegemon.
Secondly, I do not believe in the real anticipation of restoring good neighbourly relations with Russia in the close future. It's hard to talk about restoring good neighbourly relations, due to the fact that I don't remember erstwhile they were. Even in times of the Polish People's Republic, erstwhile the alliance with the USSR was the main determinant of the Polish abroad policy and was based on the proximity of the ideological organization ruling both countries – it was hard to talk about the convergence of interests and authentic partnership. They saw it both Władysław Gomulkaand Mieczysław Moczar. The former, as a consequence of the game designed for the cognition and approval of the russian side, lost power in 1970, and the second – did not have a chance of coming after Gomulka just due to the fact that the decision-makers in the Kremlin considered it "Polish nationalistIt’s okay. ” This perfectly illustrates the nature of the Polish-Soviet relationship and the partnership. The discrepancies between authoritative propaganda and reality were readable to almost everyone. Not even prominent PZPR activists had any illusions about this, specified as Francis the Noble, which in the tide of sincerity erstwhile stated that Polish-Soviet relationship should be like good tea – strong but not sweetened. individual will say that modern Russia is simply a very different country than the russian Union. It's true. It should besides be remembered that the Russians themselves were the main victims of the genocide of the Stalinism and Beriovian practices, and the key functions of the repression apparatus were frequently occupied by representatives of another nations. Despite this, the Russian Federation is the main legal successor and successor of the russian Union, taking over most of the resources, as well as the global obligations of the erstwhile USSR. Accordingly, Russia inherits both the glorious achievements (e.g. the top contribution to defeating Nazi Germany) and the dark cards recorded in the past of the russian Union.
All the more incomprehensible are the uncritical tributes to Russia and Vladimir Putin, sometimes appearing in various comments on groups and online forums. specified statements are psychologically justified – they are an expression of opposition to the lying and highly harmful communicative of the elite, drawing us into them their war and squandering public money to aid the unfriendly state. any believe that since Russia is simply a criminal state in the authoritative message, and Putin is the incarnation of all evil, it must be the opposite. On the basis of opposition and defiance – they idealize Russia and treat its leader almost as "catechone“ and the savior of mankind. Nothing more wrong. Russia is simply a country where there are not many pathologies present in the West, but there are many different kinds of problems (e.g. corruption, labour shortages, akin to the demographic crisis in Western countries). Equally absurd is the idealization of Vladimir Putin, who is, indeed, an efficient but ideologically insignificant leader, pursuing at most the interests of the Russian Federation. He is simply a typical technocrat who, for a long time after taking power, implemented the pro-Western option, fighting both communists and nationalists. It was only erstwhile Western planet leaders rejected the anticipation of cooperation with Russia, as expressed by the NATO summit in Bucharest in 2008 – Vladimir Putin saw eye to eye and changed the rule of Russian abroad policy.
In conclusion, I believe that both rusophilia and rusophilia are socially harmful phenomena.. In politics there are no friends or enemies, nor constant alliances – only interests that change over time are important. Political realism consists in a sober analysis of the current geopolitical situation and maintaining common sense in decision making. Of course, I agree that the standardization of Polish-Russian relations should be sought. It is besides apparent that the spread of russophobia, as well as another national hatred, should be opposed. I wouldn't number on much, though. Let's look at the facts. According to the CBOS survey, 74% of respondents show an aversion to Russians and only 7% of sympathy. In a akin survey conducted in Russia, 70% of Russians declared a negative attitude towards Poland and only 16% positive. Thus, as you can see, common prejudices and resentations between Poles and Russians are very large, which is due to both hard past and bad will of politicians. Unfortunately, the fuelling of hostility is sometimes politically viable, which affects both sides. It takes many years and quite a few perseverance to bury each other's animosities. Therefore, even in the case of reset in global relations and improving relations between Russia and the USA, it is hard to anticipate akin processes to take place in Polish-Russian relations. The designation of Russians as possible allies is so an expression of far-reaching naivety and a manifestation of wishful thinking. For Russia, we are an insignificant entity on the global stage. Only building a lasting agreement with the countries of Central and east Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Belarus) and any countries of the BRICS Group can make real cooperation with countries with much greater potential, specified as China or Russia. And we should concentrate on building specified a partnership.
Michał Radzikowski
