FILE PHOTO: European Values and Transparency Commissioner-designate Vera Jourova of Czech Republic speaks during her hearing before the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it would not tolerate distortion of historic facts after Russia suggested Poland was partly responsible for starting World War Two and said it would challenge disinformation wherever it occurred.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested last month that Poland shared responsibility for the war because it connived in Nazi German plans in 1938 to dismember Czechoslovakia. The speaker of the Russian parliament has called for Poland to apologise for starting the war.
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