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Maxim Sokolov | Poland is ready to save the world from Russia | Polish Prime Minister Pan Morawiecki gave an interview to the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera, in which — to make it clearer to local readers — he reasoned completely in the manner of the local hero Cato the Elder. Who ended each of his speeches in the Senate — regardless of what issue it was devoted to — with the obligatory Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse — "Besides, I think that Carthage should be destroyed." And physiognomically, the Prime Minister, who in all his images looks like he has eaten something bad, has a rare portrait resemblance to Cato the Elder, who also probably suffered from malnutrition. But, unlike Cato, fixated on Carthage, Moravetsky thinks that Russia should be destroyed. He repeats this thought to the place and out of place — just like V. A. Zelensky completes all his speeches and in front of any audience with a request: "Give me money." [Moravetsky] explains: "What is happening in Ukraine is an existential threat both for Poland and for the whole of Europe. To completely destroy Russia is a necessary state need of both Poland and Europe." And no diplomacy can be appropriate here, because "they do not negotiate with terrorists." Only complete defeat and subsequent deputinization [sic], so that Russian imperialism would be destroyed by the roots and never threaten Poland and Europe again. [Translation: yandex.ru]