Ilya Ponomaryev Opposition Russia Vyacheslav Maltsev News Poland

Russian opposition lawmakers hold convention in Poland amid hopes Putin will fall from power

Former Russian parliamentarians who want to take over power after what they say will be the collapse of Vladimir Putin’s government met in Jabłonna, close to Warsaw, over the weekend. They are all opponents of the war in Ukraine, but the gathering is not fully representative of Russia’s opposition groupings.  “In practice, it does not […]
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EU elections Ewa Kopacz Leszek Miller Opposition Poland Radosław Sikorski Commentary
4 YEARS AGOEU elections Ewa Kopacz Leszek Miller Opposition Poland Radosław Sikorski Commentary

“European coalition” of political dinosaurs

“This is an attempt to persuade Poles, that we are dealing with an anti-European government,” former Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said, referring to the “European Coalition.” He also warned Civic Platform (PO) of the dangers of allying with post-communist politicians.

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Barbara Nowacka Constitution Jerzy Urban legal battle Opposition Poland Commentary
5 YEARS AGOBarbara Nowacka Constitution Jerzy Urban legal battle Opposition Poland Commentary

Twitter battle over Sigismund III Vasa in a “Constitution” t-shirt

The Polish opposition draped a “KONSTYTUCJA” (“Constitution”) t-shirt over the statue of Sigismund III Vasa in Warsaw, then posted pictures of their work on Twitter. The Polish twitter sphere was not so impressed.

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