President Putin on statements about Russia's involvement in the migration crisis: we have nothing to do with it
something responsibility, as in the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border, said President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Pavel Zarubin in the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin “. His words are quoted by the Vesti Telegram channel.
“I want everyone to know. We have nothing to do with it here, ”Putin said, commenting on statements about Russia's involvement in the migration crisis.
He added that no Russian airline carries refugees. According to the head of state, the key link is in the EU countries.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected Russia's blame for the situation on the border between Poland and Belarus. He recalled that for the first time the Prime Minister of Poland spoke about Moscow's involvement in the events on the Polish-Belarusian border. “Yesterday I already assessed these statements. Russia has nothing to do with what is happening on the border of Belarus and Poland, “he added, calling such accusations ephemeral.
The migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the EU countries began after the president of the republic, Alexander Lukashenko, threatened weaken control over the flow of refugees and drug trafficking. This happened against the backdrop of yet another aggravation of relations between Minsk and the West.