The man is accused of inciting hatred after calling for the Russian president to “deal with Ukraine and Brussels”
Polish authorities have charged a farmer with hate speech after he fitted his tractor with a Soviet flag and a message appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest against cheap Ukrainian grain imports.
More than 100 tractors blocked a road near the village of Gorzyczki on Tuesday, the Wyborcza news outlet reported. The demonstrators demanded the closure of the Polish-Ukrainian border, a ban on importing agricultural products that do not meet EU standards, such as cheap Ukrainian grain, and the rejection of the bloc’s Green Deal, arguing that the regulations proposed in the bill would ruin European agriculture.
The farmers threatened to organize an even larger protest in Warsaw and block parliamentary buildings if their demands are not heard.
One tractor drew particular attention from the media and, subsequently, the police. A farmer adorned his vehicle with a USSR flag and a placard reading: “Putin, deal with Ukraine, Brussels and our rulers.”
Credit: RT News