Poland-Russia Tensions Escalate Over Kaliningrad Renaming and Victory Day Ribbon Dispute.

Poland's decision to rename the Russian city of Kaliningrad to Krolewiec in its official documents has been called a "hostile act" by the Kremlin. Warsaw says the city's current name, which was given by the Soviet Union to honour politician Mikhail Kalinin, has negative connotations due to his connection to the 1940 Katyn massacre. Relations between Poland and Russia have historically been strained, with Moscow claiming it liberated Poland from Nazi occupation while most Poles believe the Soviet Union replaced it with another form of repression.