[Delthefunky]

The price to express Sovereignty, Putin isn't the most understanding man and is quite, well, touchy. You'd think their best interest would be to maintain/build relations with Russia.

He did not deny that the opening of the archives will be seen as a provocation in Moscow. Russian-Polish relations have sharply deteriorated recently, amid rows over a planned oil pipeline, and Polish support for democratic revolutions in Russia's backyard, first in Ukraine, and now Belarus.