Entrepreneur Viktor Bout told that in the case of the Russian hockey player detained in Poland, the reaction of the public will count. He also noted that even the pickets near the Polish Embassy in Russia would not go unnoticed.
Earlier in the social networks of the Prosecutor General of Poland, Zbigniew Zebro, information appeared that the country’s internal security agency arrested an anonymous Russian athlete on suspicion of espionage, details were not specified. Later, a teammate of Russian hockey player from Polish club Zaglembe Maxim Sergeev, on condition of anonymity, confirmed to that the player was being held in Poland.
– The situation is very strange. A man plays hockey there, what is an 18-20 year old guy? Nevertheless, they try to accuse him of having committed some kind of espionage activities. The Poles no longer know how to stir up Russophobic feelings. Most normal Poles understand what this threatens. They have already lost a lot because they imposed sanctions. After the annexation of Crimea, they had big problems selling apples and other serious problems. Poland earned a lot on trade with Russia, there were economic ties. Now everything is hidden and you have to explain to your people why the problems arise. Well, let’s stir up espionage, supposedly hockey players spy. I understand if a person is caught in the act. And here is the situation… Relations with the Poles are very bad. The example of Ukraine provides a new economic model: you start fighting, and all the blessings of the world come to you, the country is full of money. And they don’t care about their own people.
At this stage, you need to involve Polish lawyers who would look into the lawsuits. It is wrong to catch anyone among the Poles who live in Russia, we should not respond to them with the same despicable methods. We officially still have an embassy, the ambassador can send a request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs so that the consul or himself have access to the arrested person and find out what the problem is. Poland is required to allow access to arrested Russian citizens to embassy officials.
If our audience will be outraged, that’s an important step. Even the pickets at the Polish Embassy in the Russian Federation will not go unnoticed,” Bout told .
Viktor Bout was sentenced in April 2012 by a New York court to 25 years in prison. In December 2022, he was traded to the United Arab Emirates for American basketball player Brittney Griner. The athlete was arrested in February while trying to illegally import hash oil through Sheremetyevo airport. On August 4, the Khimki City Court sentenced an American woman to 9 years in a penal colony in a drug trafficking case.
Source : MatchTV
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