Polish Foreign Ministry admits possible participation of Russian agents in farmers' protests on Ukraine border

According to him, "anti-Ukrainian tirades praising Putin" could have been organized by pro-Russian agents or "useful idiots."

Such slogans, Wroński says, harm Poland and the reputation of the Polish people, as well as the protest itself and the farmers, who "often make reasonable demands."

"These actions do not help farmers, they do not serve to resolve the dispute with Ukraine. The only person who benefits from this is Russian dictator Vladimir Putin," he said.

Therefore, the spokesperson for the Polish ministry called on strike organizers to distance themselves from people who spread pro-Russian narratives.

Background

Around noon on February 20, more than 100 tractors blocked the road near the village of Gorzyczki, near the Czech border. The farmers continued to demand that the Polish-Ukrainian border be closed and that the export of agricultural products from Ukraine, which they believe do not meet European Union standards, be stopped.

But in addition to the usual posters and demands, there was another one calling on Putin to "sort things out" with the authorities of Ukraine and the European Union. A Soviet flag with a hammer and sickle was flying on the tractor with this poster.

Subsequently, because of the demonstration of this poster, the Polish police opened a criminal case under the article on propaganda of fascist or other totalitarian regimes, incitement to hatred on national, ethnic, racial or religious grounds, etc. The sanction includes a fine, restriction of liberty, or imprisonment for up to two years.