Not only the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, was on the wanted list of the Russian police. There are more European politicians and officials for whom the Putin regime has issued arrest warrants. Including four Poles: former deputy head of MAP Karol Rabenda, president of the Institute of National Remembrance Dr. Karol Nawrocki, President of Wałbrzych Roman Szełemej and Piotr Hofmański, President of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Russian police have issued an arrest warrant for Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, AFP news agency reports, citing a statement from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the ministry’s database, Kallas is listed as “wanted under the Criminal Code”, although it is not known what specific crime or offense the politician is accused of. Russian services are also looking for Estonian Foreign Minister Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys via an arrest warrant.
A source in the Russian security services, quoted by Russia’s TASS agency, said criminal proceedings were underway against Estonian politicians and the Lithuanian minister for “destroying and damaging monuments to Soviet soldiers.”
Poland is also desirable
It turns out that Polish officials and politicians are also wanted for tearing down Soviet monuments. According to the independent Russian website Mediazona, Putin’s regime has also issued arrest warrants for Karol Rabenda (former Deputy Minister of State Assets), Roman Szełemej (President of Wałbrzych), Dr. Karol Nawrocki (President of the Institute for National Remembrance) and Piotr Hofmański (President of the International Criminal Court in The Hague).
THERE ARE POLES ON THE RUSSIAN WANTED LIST FOR “NAZISM”: (Probably in connection with the demolition of monuments) – Mayor of Wałbrzych Roman Szełemej – Director of the Institute of National Remembrance Karol Nawrocki – and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assets Karol Rabenda
“Apparently someone is looking for us”
Karol Nawrocki, apparently someone is looking for us for this…
– wrote Karol Rabenda on the
Decommunization in practice. Thank you, Karol Nawrocki, without your determination this would not have been achieved!
– the then head of MAP asked the president of the Institute of National Remembrance.
In September 2022, Roman Szełemej ordered the demolition of the monument to a Soviet soldier in Wałbrzych. For this purpose he asked the opinion of the Institute of National Remembrance and the voivode. The decision has been made.
This is probably why my name was on the list of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was quoted today by much of the Polish media. This clearly shows that we are living in difficult times and that we are facing unusual challenges. We must not forget that not so far from here, “just around the corner” (Königsberg), there exists an aggressive state that, with its foreign policy, physical aggression against its neighbors and murderous actions against the civilian population of these countries, deserves to be be called a bandit of the 21st century and must be isolated in every way and stigmatized every day
– a local government official told the Wałbrzych24.pl portal.
“Long live free Poland”
In turn, Dr. Karol Nawrocki made a comment on the X platform in the form of a recording.
Independence and freedom mean responsibility. The prosecution of a Polish official who enforces the law of free Poland is just one of many examples of the immutable imperialism of post-Soviet Russia. My comment 👇 Long live free Poland, which serves and will serve the IPN
– He wrote.
After World War II, 1.5 million Soviet soldiers were stationed in Poland, who treated Polish territory as nothing more than spoils of war. The categories and canons of freedom do not include honoring those who took our freedom and murdered our ancestors
– says the president of the Institute of National Remembrance in the recording.
Later in the recording we hear the statement of the then West Pomeranian Voivode, and now PiS MP, Zbigniew Bogucki:
For decades, real heroes were locked up in prison, tortured, persecuted, murdered and unable to work. They were sent beyond the margins of society. And the criminals, the occupiers, were on the front pages of the newspapers. They led and held the highest positions.
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Source: wPolityce
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