Russia issued a wanted notice against Volodymyr Zelensky, without making public the reason. According to a notice visible on Saturday on the website of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ukrainian president is wanted “under an article of the penal code”, we can read in this short text, which says nothing else on the nature of these accusations.
Since February 2022, Russia has been leading an offensive against Ukraine, which it presents in particular as a fight against a “Nazi” power. Volodymyr Zelensky is particularly targeted by Russian officials. The day after the launch of his assault, President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian army to overthrow him.
Moscow sees itself as a liberator
The list of people wanted by Russia is very extensive and includes Russian or foreign personalities, particularly Ukrainians. In February, the name of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was added along with those of other officials from the Baltic countries. To justify this decision, the Kremlin invoked the opposing vision of history held by Moscow and these states.
The Baltic States, which fear the military ambitions of the Kremlin, consider that the USSR occupied them, while Moscow sees itself as a liberator and judges any other approach as a “falsification of History”, a crime in Russia.
