Russian newspaper denounces compensation for communist slave laborers

Polish communist slave laborers have no right for redress as Poland was given reclaimed territories in the West, says the Russian newspaper Niezavissimaya Gazyeta. According to the newspaper, the Polish contribution to winning the war was insignificant and the number of people killed fighting against Nazi Germany was no higher than 75,000. Among many other ideas, the author writes, 'It is possible that Stalin may, to some extent, be morally responsible for the death of several thousand of Warsaw 's citizens, but it is only a few thousands. Talking about 300,000 people killed in Warsaw is absurd." The writer adds forcing Russia to pay compensation to Polish communist victims is the same as comparing the Soviet Union's actions to Nazi Germany. (Zycie, page 9)