"Take care of your internal problems": Putin responded to accusations of unleashing a migration crisis

Russia is ready to assist in resolving the migration crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border.

This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with the host of the program “Moscow.

Kremlin.

Putin ”to Pavel Zarubin.

“When we hear statements or accusations against us, I want to tell everyone: deal with your internal problems, do not shift your own questions to anyone, which are subject to resolution by your departments of the corresponding direction.

But we are ready to contribute in every possible way to this (resolving the situation. -

), if, of course, something depends on us here, "the Russian leader said.

According to him, the current accusations against the Russian Federation of stirring up the migration crisis are nothing more than attempts to shift problems "from a sore head to a healthy one."

“They (the countries of the West. -

) themselves are to

blame

for this (crisis. -

).

I said why: for political, military, and economic reasons.

We ourselves have created the conditions for thousands and hundreds of thousands of people to go.

And now they are looking for the guilty ones in order to absolve themselves of responsibility for the events taking place, ”Vladimir Putin stressed.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Federation also rejected Russia's involvement in the migration crisis.

“I want everyone to know that we have nothing to do with it.

Everyone is trying to impose any responsibility on us for any reason and for no reason at all.

Our aviation companies do not carry these people.

None of our companies carry.

By the way, "Belavia", as Alexander Grigorievich (Lukashenko. - 

) told me, also does not carry ", - said the head of the Russian Federation.

According to Vladimir Putin, "direct contact between the leadership of Belarus and the leaders of the leading countries of the European Union will help solve these problems." 

Brussels also agreed with this.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, commenting on the possibility of direct contacts between the European Union and Minsk on the refugee problem, noted that "it is never harmful to speak."

At the same time, earlier British Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss in her article for The Sunday Telegraph called Russia responsible for the difficult situation on the Belarusian-Polish border.

“Russia bears obvious responsibility here.

It should put pressure on the Belarusian authorities to put an end to the crisis and enter into dialogue, ”Trass wrote.

She called the current crisis "carefully crafted", saying that the government of Belarus and Alexander Lukashenko in particular "are using desperate migrants as pawns in their quest to create instability and stay in power, despite human sacrifice."

“Great Britain will not turn a blind eye to this.

We will support our allies in the region who are at the forefront of freedom.

We are proud to be the first European country to assist Poland, agreeing to send a small group of troops to provide engineering support to ease pressure on the border, ”said Truss.

• British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss

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In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Britain has no right to press charges against Russia about the crisis with refugees seeking to go to Poland.

The diplomat recalled that the British military participated in the invasion of Iraq, which destabilized the Middle East and led to the creation of migration flows.

“Britain bears a clear historical responsibility for everything that happens from this moment in the region - the death of Iraqis, the destruction of Iraqi statehood, endless flows of refugees, the emergence of ISIS *, humanitarian disasters in this part of the world.

And until London answers for its crimes, its officials have no right to accuse anyone, ”Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.

In turn, Senator Olga Kovitidi, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, in an interview with RT, called such statements by the British Foreign Minister superficial.

“The statements of the British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss look superficial, far from the real reasons and the state of the migration crisis, since everyone knows that the Americans themselves and their allies organized it,” said Covitidi.

Commenting on Truss’s call to Russia “to put pressure on the Belarusian authorities,” the senator stressed that such statements are “politically incorrect” and contradict Russian foreign policy principles, as well as the Declaration on the inadmissibility of interference in the internal affairs of states.

"Absurd situation"

Let us remind you that the situation at the border, where migrants wishing to enter the EU have accumulated, sharply deteriorated in early November.

Several thousand refugees gathered from the Belarusian side, who tried to enter the territory of Poland, breaking through the barbed wire fence.

• Migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border

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• © Leonid Shcheglov / BelTA

Warsaw and Vilnius sent troops to the border to contain the refugees.

At the same time, the Polish side began to put forward accusations of involvement in organizing the crisis not only against Minsk, but also Moscow.

The Russian Foreign Ministry's plenipotentiary for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, Grigory Lukyantsev, for his part, called such attacks absurd.

“The main edge of these accusations resembles some kind of absurd situation.

All accusations in this regard are addressed to one state, Belarus, although there are already accusations that we allegedly had a hand in this, which is generally absurd, "TASS quotes him.

Lukyantsev also drew attention to the fact that the countries involved in the situation "flatly refuse to establish any constructive interaction with the relevant law enforcement agencies of Belarus."

"General campaign"

It is also worth noting that in the context of accusations against the Russian Federation for unleashing the migration crisis, the head of British diplomacy said that this situation should demonstrate the need to oppose the Nord Stream 2 energy project.

“I want our friends all over Europe to join us.

This means that we must act together, for example, opposing the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

It threatens to undermine European security by allowing Russia to tighten control over those countries that depend on its gas, although the pandemic reminds us of the importance of having diverse supply chains to avoid strategic dependence on unreliable partners, ”the minister said.

Political scientists consider such rhetoric to be completely inappropriate.

However, as Vladimir Shapovalov, deputy director of the Institute of History and Politics of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, noted in a conversation with RT, such statements are no longer surprising, since the United Kingdom in recent years has been one of the first among anti-Russian states.

"A reasonable question arises: why are British troops in Poland, and not defending their own country from migrants who enter from France?"

- says Shapovalov.

According to him, illegal immigrants who seek to get to Germany through the territory of Poland and Belarus have absolutely nothing to do with Russia.

At the same time, Poland's statements about Moscow's alleged involvement in the crisis, in turn, are dictated by Warsaw's desire to "actualize its place in the NATO system," the analyst says.

“Warsaw wants to demonstrate to NATO countries, primarily the United States and Great Britain, the importance of Poland as the first line of defense against threats from the East.

The consequence of this, according to the plan of Polish politicians, should be an increase in military assistance to the republic from the leading Western powers, which, in general, is happening now, ”Shapovalov explained.

Commenting on the anti-Russian attacks of the head of British diplomacy, Vladimir Olenchenko, senior researcher at the Center for European Studies at the IMEMO RAS, noted that Elizabeth Truss only “circulated in the English-language media” the theses that the Polish authorities had already launched into the information space.

“It all reminds me of 'choral singing'.

Poland performed its part, France, other EU countries, and the USA.

Either the UK simply spreads the statements voiced by the Polish leadership, or they were agreed in advance and are represented differently by all stakeholders, ”the analyst explained.

He also recalled that the recent statement of the British side about the risk of an "accidental" war between the West and Russia should be considered in the context of the common European geopolitical agenda.

“This is a common campaign to maintain tensions around Russia.

Why is it being promoted right now?

The internal situation in all of these countries is rather complicated.

Addressing the topic of the Russian threat in one form or another serves as an opportunity to divert public attention from the problems in each of these states, ”the expert concluded.

* "Islamic State" (IS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.