Russian MPs call for sanctions against Poland

Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science 60th anniversary — epa04856664 A general view of the Palace of Culture and Science (L) in Warsaw, Poland, 22 July 2015. The palace that was completed on 22 July 1955 turned 60. Considered one of the city's most iconic buildings, it stands at 231 meters high, including a 43-meter-high spire. The structure designed by Soviet architect Lev Rudnev is currently is the headquarters of companies and public institutions, such as cinemas, sports clubs and scientific institutions. EPA/JAKUB KAMINSKI POLAND OUT

A general view of the Palace of Culture and Science (L) in Warsaw, Poland. The palace that was completed on 22 July 1955 turned 60. The structure designed by Soviet architect Lev Rudnev is currently is the headquarters of companies and public institutions, such as cinemas, sports clubs and scientific institutions.

EPA/JAKUB KAMINSKI

New laws in Poland aimed at removing monuments to Soviet soldiers who contributed to driving Nazi German forces out of the country at the end of WWII have angered Russian parliamentarians. They called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to propose sanctions against Poland.

Russian parliamentarians on July 25 unanimously said they wanted Putin to “demand that the Polish side uncompromisingly meets the terms of a [bilateral] treaty” from 1992 on the mutual protection of memorial sites.

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