[Lgpolicy] ‘Warsaw feels like a mini Soviet Union’: how Russian is gaining ground in Poland’s capital

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

The Guardian

‘Warsaw feels like a mini Soviet Union’: how Russian is gaining ground in
Poland’s capital

Many Poles have a long-standing wariness of Russia seeded by centuries of
Russian imperial designs on Poland and the more recent experience of
Moscow-backed communist rule, and the feelings have only been hardened by
last year’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

But even as most Russian citizens are unwelcome in Poland, the Russian
language is heard ever more frequently in the country. By now, Warsaw has
become probably the most Russian-speaking city outside the countries
formerly part of the Soviet Union.

Full story:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/10/warsaw-mini-soviet-union-russian-poland-capital-exiles
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