"He didn't do it": Poland's Foreign Minister mocks Putin with a nasty joke about Lenin

Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger "He didn't do it": Poland's Foreign Minister mocks Putin with a nasty joke about Lenin David Schmitz • 6 hours • 2 minutes read Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski lashed out at the current Kremlin chief, Vladimir Putin, on Platform X with a bitter joke about Vladimir Lenin. Sikorski's remarks alluded to an old joke about Lenin that circulated in Poland during the communist era. Lenin is considered the founder of the Soviet Union, whose head of government he served until his death in 1924. Radek Sikorski shares old joke about Vladimir Lenin on X "Under communism, we joked about why Lenin was the best friend of Polish children," Sikorski explained on X, then followed with dark humor: "Because one day in Poronin in the Tatra Mountains, he was shaving by an open window while a school class passed by. That's why," the Polish foreign minister wrote, adding: "Because he could have slit the children's throats, but didn't." Shortly thereafter, Sikorski clarified his point with the joke about Lenin's brutality and heartlessness: "Likewise, Vladimir Putin is a man of peace and a true friend of brotherly Ukraine," the Polish minister wrote with plenty of mockery. "He could attack Kyiv with nuclear weapons, but he didn't," Sikorski added, then recommended the Kremlin chief for the Nobel Peace Prize – not seriously, of course. "Nobel Committee, please take note." Malice for Putin: "Nobel Committee, please take note of this." The enmity between Poland and present-day Russia also dates back to the time of Lenin. According to estimates, around 60,000 Red Army soldiers died in the Polish-Soviet War between 1919 and 1921. Polish troops lost more than 47,000 soldiers. Radek Sikorski, Poland's Foreign Minister, has been one of the harshest critics of Kremlin leader Putin and his Moscow regime since the start of Russia's illegal war against Ukraine. "Don't you have enough land? Eleven time zones and still not enough? Ensure that what lies within your borders is better administered in accordance with international law," Sikorski said this week, again criticizing Russia. Clear words to Moscow: "You will never rule here again" Russian imperialism is causing fear and anxiety among the Polish population, the minister explained in his annual address to parliament in Warsaw: "Fear and the question of what will happen have spread among Polish families. Are we also threatened by Russian aggression? Are relations between Europe and the US heading for a crisis? Can Europe quickly improve its defense capabilities?" Sikorski also sent a clear message to Moscow on this occasion: "You will never rule here again, neither in Kyiv, nor in Vilnius, nor in Riga, nor in Tallinn, nor in Chișinău," he said, naming the capitals of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Moldova.