Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Western countries are using the migration crisis to put pressure on Belarus. He criticized the actions of the Polish security forces, who used tear gas and water cannons against the refugees.
“Let’s see how the Polish security forces behave at the border today. Well, I don’t know, you still see the Internet, watch television. The first thing that comes to mind: well, I just feel sorry for the children, well, the little children are there. No, they pour water on it and throw grenades there with tear gas. At night, helicopters fly along the border, sirens are turned on, ”said Mr Putin at an expanded meeting of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s collegium. The broadcast was hosted by the Russia 24 TV channel. He noted that Poland criticized Ukraine for the use of special equipment in 2014, when Viktor Yanukovych was president.
According to the Russian president, Western countries “are forgetting their own obligations in the humanitarian sphere.” “It is impossible not to see that Western countries are using the migration crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border as a new reason for tension in the region close to us, for pressure on Minsk,” he added.
The migration crisis arose on the Polish-Belarusian border due to Middle Eastern refugees who want to enter the European Union. Brussels accuses Minsk of deliberately creating a crisis situation. The USA, Poland and Great Britain are also blaming Russia for what is happening. The EU plans to introduce new sanctions against Belarus.
On the resolution of the crisis – in the material of “Kommersant” “Iraqi migrants will be shown the way back.”
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