Moscow. Russia issued a search warrant against Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky, without making public its reason, according to an announcement visible Saturday on the Interior Ministry’s website.
The leader is wanted “under an article of the penal code”, one can read in this brief text, which says nothing more about the nature of these accusations.
Since February 2022, Russia has been carrying out an offensive against Ukraine, which it presents as a fight against a “Nazi” power.
Zelensky is a particular target of Russian officials. The day after he launched his assault, President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian military to overthrow him.
The list of people wanted by Russia is very extensive and includes Russian or foreign personalities, especially Ukrainians.
In February the name of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was added along with those of other officials from the Baltic countries. To justify this decision, the Kremlin invoked the opposite view of history that Russia and those States have.
The Baltic countries, fearing the Kremlin’s military ambitions, consider the USSR to have occupied them, while Moscow sees itself as a liberator and judges any other approach as a “falsification of history”, a crime in Russia.
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– 2024-05-12 04:30:28
