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The Moscow correspondent of the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza Vaclav Radzivinovich announced a deportation from Russia

When Vaclav Radzivinovich called from the Russian Foreign Ministry, he already knew what it would be discussed: “Before that, the Polish ambassador to Russia Katazhina Pelchinsk-Nalench called me, which had a conversation in the third European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was informed that I had to leave Russia. ”

The correspondent of the main liberal newspaper Poland must leave Russia within thirty -day periods. At the expulsion, as the journalist was said in the department on Smolenskaya. There is an official reason - it is carried out as a response measure of the Russian side to deport the correspondent of the Federal Information "Russia Today" by Leonid Sviridov.

Another reason that the journalist was informed is an “unpleasant conversation”, which was held with him with the official representative of the department Maria Zakharova at a briefing in September. “I (Radzivinovich) I saw and heard only once, if my memory serves me, on September 17, when you tried to“ expand my horizons ”with a story about“ crimes of General Chernyakhovsky, ”Zakharova reminded of her microblog on Twitter.
On December 18, Radzivinovich, according to him, came to the Foreign Ministry with a passport and an accreditation card, which was immediately taken away from him. After that, the Mid officials, having made a copy of his visa, repeated that he should leave Russia.

The Polish journalist did not exclude that Gazeta Wyborcza will send a new correspondent to Russia, but "this process takes a lot of time."

It is not going to challenge the decision of the Foreign Ministry in the court of Radzivinovich, contrary to the reports of some Russian media: “I asked the deputy service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Artem Kozhin, whether there is a procedure for appealing such a decision. This question found him by surprise. He suggested writing a letter to Maria Zakharova. ”

The Polish journalist intends to use this proposal as the last chance, although he doubts as a result: “It seems to me that Kozhin just dismissed, but if you can do it, I will write.”

It is noteworthy that Leonid Sviridov was deprived of accreditation in the Czech Republic expelled from Poland, the correspondent of MIA Today, Leonid Sviridov. According to the Czech newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes, the reason for this was a suspicion of espionage. His lawyer, Jan Charnogursky, called this statement "absurd and false." The official cause of the expulsion is unknown. Then the procedure for imprisonment of accreditation and a residence permit in the country lasted more than a year. At that time, the Russian side refused to issue a visa to the previous specialist of Czech television in Russia Jan Molachka.

Photo: Agencja Gazeta