This was stated to a TASS correspondent by Russian Ambassador to Cyprus Murat Zyazikov.

Commenting on the appearance on Thursday at the fourth round match of the UEFA Confederations League between Omonia from Nicosia and Legia Warsaw of a huge banner with the inscription “17/1/1945, the Red Army liberated Warsaw,” the head of the Russian diplomatic mission said that as the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory approached, he was not surprised by the reaction of fans of the Cypriot team. “The Cypriots and I are united by common spiritual values, a common fight against the brown plague. None of the events of our compatriots dedicated to the Great Victory over Fascism takes place without our numerous Cypriot friends. And the appearance of a banner on the stands of the Omonia match about the liberation of the Polish capital by Soviet troops is just a statement of historical fact,” the Ambassador noted.

He recalled that the Red Army liberated Warsaw, fighting shoulder to shoulder with the 1st Army of the Polish Army. “They gave their lives together for the victory over fascism and reached Berlin together. In Poland itself, we also have many friends who share common values and strive for good-neighborly relations between Moscow and Warsaw. As for the intentions to belittle the merits of the winners in that war, I can only say one thing: any attempts to undo or rewrite history are doomed to failure,” Zyazikov concluded.

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