Russia angered by Poland's decision on Königsberg/Kaliningrad
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The decision of the Polish Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names to replace the name Kaliningrad, with the name Königsberg (in Polish - Królewiec) which dates back to the 13th century, has caused a strong reaction in Russia.
"This is no longer Russophobia; what is happening in Poland borders on madness," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by the Russian state news agency TASS.
However, the Commission pointed out that the city currently known by the Russian name Kaliningrad is known in Poland by the traditional name Königsberg. The Commission also stated that the fact that a large city located near the Polish border was named after M.I. Kalinin, a criminal co-responsible for, among other things, the decision to massacre Poles en masse (the Katyn massacre), has an emotional, negative character in Poland.
