Russian Ambassador to Warsaw Vladimir Grinin was summoned to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in order to give an explanation in connection with the statements of the leader of the LDPR faction in the State Duma, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, that Poland is “doomed,” the portal Thenews.pl reports , citing the statement. department representative Marcin Wojciechowski.

Voitsekhovsky announced the summons of the Russian Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Polish Radio. He confirmed that the conversation with Grinin took place, but refused to disclose its details.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski also commented on Zhirinovsky’s statements on Polsat TV on Tuesday. When asked how seriously Warsaw takes the parliamentarian’s statements, Sikorski replied: “So seriously that we summoned the Russian ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and asked him about the position of the [Russian] authorities.”

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, in an interview with the Russian TV channel Rossiya 24 on August 7, said that, in his opinion, “all issues of war and peace,” especially in relation to Ukraine, will be decided by the head of the Russian state.

“I’m sure that it (the decision) has already been made. It will be gradually announced so that they understand: “Guys, do you want Europe to burn down again?” The Europeans don’t want this. Well, what will be left of the Baltic states? There will be nothing left. there are NATO planes, a missile defense system. In Poland... That is, the Baltic states, Poland - they are generally doomed, they will be swept away. Nothing will happen there. Well, let them come to their senses, the leaders of these small, dwarf states! How they are exposing themselves," he said Zhirinovsky.

The deputy added that the United States is not in danger, since they are far away, but the countries of Eastern Europe “put themselves at risk of complete destruction.” “And only they are to blame. Because we cannot allow missiles and aircraft to be launched from their territory towards Russia. We will have to destroy them half an hour before takeoff,” Zhirinovsky emphasized.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats has already been declared persona non grata in Kyrgyzstan. The basis for this was Zhirinovsky’s proposal to take away the resort area of Lake Issyk-Kul from Kyrgyzstan as a way to pay off debts to Russia. In February 2014, Vladimir Zhirinovsky again caused discontent in Kyrgyzstan, as well as Kazakhstan. At a rally on February 23, he proposed creating a Central Asian federal district of Russia with its center in the city of Verny (the former name of Alma-Ata), including Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

The Russian Ambassador was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry because of Zhirinovsky's statements