Polish minister condemns 'provocative' banner mentioning Putin at farmers' protest
Kyiv • UNN
Polish minister condemns "shameful" banner at farmers' protest calling for Putin.
Polish Minister-Coordinator of Special Services Tomasz Siemianiak condemned the incident with a banner at a protest of Polish farmers with a provocative slogan mentioning Russian President Vladimir Putin, UNN reports citing AFP.
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On Wednesday, Polish Minister of Intelligence Tomasz Siemoniak condemned the "scandalous" banner as a "provocation.
"These are shameful words that absolutely do not correspond to either the position of the state or the feelings of our citizens," Semoniak told Poland's Radio Zet.
As a local police spokeswoman told AFP, "the banner and flag were seized by police during the investigation.
"The person driving the vehicle has been identified. A criminal investigation is underway," she added.
Officers opened an investigation "for propaganda of a fascist or totalitarian regime and incitement to hatred," she added, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
