Sikorski accuses Russia of state terrorism and march towards totalitarianism

I am pleased that Russia's representatives heard what democracies gotta say," said MFA head Radosław Sikorski on Thursday after the plenary session of the 32nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna. He added that in the session he reminded of Russian hybrid attacks against Poland.PAP

Head of Polish diplomacy Radosław Sikorski powerfully accused Russia at the 32nd Ministerial Council of the Organisation for safety and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In his plenary speech, he estimated that Russia is present heading "from democracy towards totalitarianism, from coexistence towards aggression" – in a direction other to the russian Union in the 1970s.

Sikorski stressed the key difference between the past and the present. "The Final Act of Helsinki [...] was possible due to the fact that then [...] the russian bloc and the russian Union itself were heading in the right direction. distant from totalitarianism and exports of revolutions and towards reforms", he recalled. He added that "Our problem is that Russia is heading in the other direction present [...]".

The Minister pointed out that "In politics, besides international, as crucial as where we are, is where we are going".

The OSCE is simply a continuation of the Conference on safety and Cooperation in Europe, which led to the creation of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975.

Hybrid attacks as "state terrorism"

In an interview with journalists during the OSCE meeting, Sikorski classified Russian hybrid attacks as "state terrorism". He mentioned concrete examples: incidents with Russian drones in Polish airspace and acts of sabotage on railways.

Minister stressed that "The clear intent of these actions was to bring about casualties in people". Russia remains 1 of the 57 associate states of the OSCE, despite calls from Poland and Ukraine on its membership of the organisation.

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