Thus, he commented on the events at the concert of the Belarusian rapper Max Korzh at the National Stadium in Warsaw, where the audience launched the UPA flag in the stands.
Navrotsky emphasized that the events at the stadium were a provocation of the Russian aggressor country. However, he is sure that Polish education is also underdeveloped in relation to this topic.
“It is necessary to engage in law so that such situations are not repeated,” the Polish president said.
While still the head of the Institute of National Memory, the future head of the Polish state participated in the preparation of relevant amendments in the legislation and introducing the prohibited symbols of the “red-black” flag in the list of prohibited symbols. “Bandera symbols” that appear in the Ukrainian public space cause him outraged, and in Poland their demonstration is completely “unacceptable,” he said.
“This must be done in Poland. I know that this law is in the Polish Sejm. I hope that the parliamentary majority will eventually accept it,” the head of state added.
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August 9 during the Korzh concert In Warsaw, the flag of the OUN-UPA and the flag with the symbol of the “idea of the nation” were launched, the deputy of the Polish Sejm from the party “Law and Justice” Darius Matetskiy said. He announced a complaint to the prosecutor under Art. 256, which refers to the promotion of Nazism, communism, fascism or other totalitarian regime.
“You have the power to scream at the Polish stadium with the flag of genociders who kill children, and you have no strength to defend your own homeland? Away from Poland!” – wrote the deputy.
Later, a visitor to the concert, which brought the red-black banner, apologized to the Poles, reported Nexta Polska. “I did not want to cause negative emotions. For me, the flag that I held was a symbol of Ukrainians’s support. I had nothing to do with the propaganda of any regime. I just wanted to remind people of Russian aggression and support our soldiers. If someone was offended, I apologize,” he said in Polish in the video, which leads public.
On August 12, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pointed out that after “riots, acts of aggression and certain provocations” at the Korzh concert in Warsaw 57 Ukrainians must leave the country.
Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasily Bodnar on August 12 He apologized to those people who felt offended, and expressed gratitude to all the Poles who helped and help Ukrainians.
