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“Wanted criminal”: FDP politician from Hesse is now on Putin’s wanted list

2024-02-15T14:51:15.089Z

Highlights: FDP politician from Hesse is now on Putin’s wanted list. There are no official charges against Michael Rubin. He himself assumes that his support of Putin opponents and open letters to politicians in Russian prisons could have been decisive. Estonia's prime minister is also on Russia's wanted list Kaja Kallas, the Prime Minister of Estonia, also landed on Putin's list. The Russian media portal Mediazona lists 95,884 people who are wanted by the Russian government for various reasons.



As of: February 15, 2024, 3:38 p.m

By: Fabian Diekmann

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Because he is a “particularly dangerous wanted criminal” who supports Putin opponents, Russia has put the Frankfurt FDP politician Michael Rubin on a wanted list.

Frankfurt – It was a surprise for the Frankfurt FDP politician Michael Rubin: Now the Russian Interior Ministry has put him on the Russian wanted list because he is a “particularly dangerous wanted criminal,” as the

Bild

newspaper reports.

There are no official charges against Rubin.

He himself assumes that his support of Putin opponents and open letters to politicians in Russian prisons could have been decisive.

The Kremlin, led by Vladimir Putin, has added some new names to its wanted list.

Among them is a Frankfurt FDP politician.

© Russian Presidential Press Service/AP/dpa

Frankfurt FDP politician has made himself unpopular with Russia by criticizing Belarus

The native of Belarus is also not at a loss to criticize dictator Alexander Lukashenko in his native country.

In an interview with

Bild

, he calls Russia's latest move "a kind of 'greeting' to its 'bigger brother'."

He doesn't want to be dissuaded from his path by the threat.

He wants to continue demonstrating against unjust punishments for political prisoners in Russia, but will analyze his flight routes carefully in the future so as not to run the risk of having to land in Russia.

Because he could also be arrested there during a stopover.

Estonia's prime minister is also on Russia's wanted list

Kaja Kallas, the Prime Minister of Estonia, also landed on Putin's list.

According to information from Spiegel, she is accused of “hostile acts against Russia”.

The Estonian government had a monument to Soviet warriors near the border with Russia removed shortly after the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine.

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The Russian media portal Mediazona, which openly takes a stand against Putin, lists 95,884 people who are wanted by the Russian government for various reasons.

(Fabian Diekmann)

Source: merkur

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