Russian ambassador in Poland painted red

[Jaga]

I saw this info in Polish news. Russian ambassador went to the Russian soldiers monument but people, a crowd, not necessarily connected with any governmental organization threw the paint into him. Many of these people sounded Ukrainian or had Eastern accent.
It is a bad thing since diplomats should be protected, but it also shows how Russian actions create the consequences.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/09/russia-ambassador-poland-paint-victory-day-warsaw/

Protesters doused Russia’s ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreev, in bright red paint — resembling blood — as he was arriving at an event to honor Soviet soldiers who fought in World War II.



Footage posted by Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti showed the ambassador’s face dripping with the liquid as he arrived to lay flowers at the Soviet Military Cemetery on a day of widespread celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The video was shared without audio.
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Videos shared to Twitter, however, showed huge crowds, with some people angrily shouting “Fascists!” at a group of Russian officials, whose faces were stained in red. Others at the scene held flowers and Ukrainian flags.

[karl]

Jaga

Another situation that is uncalled for with such treatment of a honoury representative of a foreign state. It matters little that he represents Russia, he is still an Ambassador of a foreign state and needs the protection provided to him. In light of currant events, he should not have been exposed to such close quarters as demonstrated as a cause of such an event. For this is not only a reflection upon Polish lack of fore sight in protection to a foreign dignitary but an official embarrassment.

For then, there is the previous case of Russian careless demeaning of the Polish Consulate with the thoughtless digging the trench to make it difficult for enter/exit from the building. But then, this is no reason to toss honour in respite to Russian past actions that was with out honour in self.

It matters little if this was an event to occur in Germany, for then, my words would have been very much stronger.

Karl