Polish authorities voiced grave concerns Wednesday after slogans praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine appeared at Polish farmers’ protests.
The Foreign Ministry said it believed that extreme groups were trying to take over the farmers’ protest movement “perhaps under the influence of Russian agents.”
On Tuesday, one tractor at a protest in the southern region of Silesia carried a Soviet flag and a banner that said: "“Putin, put things in order with Ukraine, Brussels, and our rulers.”
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski called the banner “scandalous,” and said that it was immediately secured by police, and that prosecutors were also investigating.
“Russian agents” or just regular 'ol stupid people living in Poland?
Based on some polling about 20% of the Russians living in Finland are pro-Putin, and I’d assume the percentages are at least in the same direction in Poland too. Nonzero numbers of Finns also support Putin
What’s the MAGA equivalent for Putin?
Make Russia Czarist again.
Hmm good question. I’m not too clued in to the nitty gritty of Russian politics because my Russian skills are nonexistent so I mainly just read translated materials. The most detailed I can get is that I know that the “anti-MAGA” folks have a tendency of calling Putin’s party United Russia the “party of crooks and thieves” but that’s about it. I feel like they have to have some sort of slogan