Reluctance to "wolves"

Polish Prime Minister Eva Kopach regards as a provocation planned by a passing bike club "Night Wolves" Motoproprilg "through the territory of its country. She stated this on the air of the Tok FM radio station.

According to the Polish Foreign Ministry, the leaders of the "night wolves" did not seek Polish or German visas, Kopach noted. According to her, if there are fears that the event will threaten security or cause inconvenience to Poland citizens, then the authorities will receive in accordance with applicable law. The final decision on permission for the entry will be made by a customs officer at the border.

"Night Wolves" plan to make a motorized wrestling of the Berlin dedicated to the Victory Day from April 25 to May 9. The route passes through Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and should end in Berlin.

More than 11 thousand Poles protested against the entry of the "night wolves" to the country, subscribing to the Facebook page , called "there is no passage of bandits from Russia through Poland."

“They were in the Crimea before he was busy with Russia. They were in the Donbass and now they kill and rob in cities under Russian control. We hope that our motorbikes, regardless of club affiliation, put them in place. We will not get scared. Close their passage through Poland! They have no right to cross the Polish border!” - says in the statement of activists.

The leader of the "Night Wolves" Alexander Zaldanov, nicknamed "Surgeon", most likely will not take part in the motorbike, Interfax reports . He explained that he was not initially going to go to the motorized run, but when negative statements from the European authorities began to sound, he decided that he had to go.

"Now I see that in principle I do not need my participation, because I see how positive the Poles have a positive mood, how positive the mood of the motorcycle clubs who want to accompany us in every city, from the border. I think it will be a friendly and fraternal trip," he said.

The Night Wolves motorcycle club was founded in 1989. Bikers regularly take part in pro -government events in various cities of Russia, as well as in Crimea, including the Russian occupation of the peninsula. The last event of this kind-the bike show "Return" was held near Sevastopol on August 9-10.

Zaldostanov often declared his friendly relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who met with "night wolves" several times. In 2013, Putin awarded Zaldostanov to the Order of Honor for "active work on the patriotic education of youth, participation in the search work and perpetuating the memory of the dead defenders of the Fatherland."