[The Telegraph reports](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/putin-send-thousands-criminals-wreak-080000438.html) – Estonia’s foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, has proposed a blanket ban on Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine from the European Union’s Schengen free-travel zone in response to the Kremlin’s plans to dispatch “ex-prisoners and rapists” to wage hybrid war in the bloc.
“We have close to one million combatants in Russia right now,” Mr Tsahkna told The Telegraph on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels.
“Russia and Putin are already using different people to commit attacks on our societies, but when there will be peace, we can imagine that we will have hundreds of thousands of ex-combatants coming to Europe.
“And they’re definitely not going with good plans to earn their own salaries and pay taxes. They come with real bad plans. We already see the special agencies of Russia organising different attacks in Europe.”
realmendontflash on
Is he buying Ryanair then?
JaffaSG1 on
… as if they weren‘t doing that already
Zeranor on
In times like these it’s good to hear that some things dont change, I appreciate some stability. But it’ll be hard for Putin to decide, which criminal goes to the meatgrinder and which goes to “wreak havoc across Europe” in other ways
PrrrromotionGiven1 on
Claimed? It’s been their policy in Ukraine since 2023 at least to recruit prisoners as soldiers
Safe-Razzmatazz3982 on
Close. The. Borders.
No entrie at all for Russian nationals except for political asylum.
Zieprus_ on
Does he have any left? He has already sent a lot to the front lines in Ukraine.
arousedsquirel on
You just close borders for Russians coming into Europe, take a big foot and kick it were it should on their bottom. It will devistate those sencere but the risk factors is to high. So for the EU; kick e eru Russians on the borders out!
bluesman56 on
Just one more argument for Europe to stop being naive, to prepare for the worst and to arm itself to the teeth.
DerBugger on
In Germany they’re paying them already. Ask Alice Weidel, Maximilian Krah or Peter Bystrom.
Sad_Cover4086 on
“thousands” … also, I thought diversity was our strength?
SpatulaWholesale on
Taking a page from Trump’s playbook.
*cough* ICE *cough*
MeanCat4 on
Someone please Inform Estonia’s foreign minister that they are coming already criminals from the south!
Traskenn on
Yeah it’s called the Russian army
PrinceZero18 on
Literally, MAGA tier outrage propaganda.
Bravo democratic EU!
ErdenGeboren on
They need them for the front lines.
fatbongo on
Didn’t he already have them installed in the American government?
Elegant-Win5243 on
He already did, sending them to the frontline in Ukraine
emafake on
Russia is such a cancer amongst nations… If only they could mind their own business.
DannyVandal on
So business as usual then.
mad_dogtor on
we just call them russians, but criminals works too
urbfunsac on
ffs, why would Europe take in ex russian soldiers, that’s a HARD NO
novo-280 on
Yall have been saying the dame about turkey since 2015
RLewis8888 on
Unlikely. The MAGA cult doesn’t have the money to travel throughout Europe.
quitelikeu on
Hell have to be quick Albania has a head start.
scalp_eg on
of course he will. That’s how russia deals with their soldiers after the war. They export violence and mafia all over the world. This is a rotten country.
michael41973 on
That sound really familiar
kiyomoris on
And Poland should cross their border with Belarus.
LegitimateHall4467 on
By creating hate towards Russians (there are a lot who are against Putin and his crazy Hitler-Style war machine), you are giving Putin the instrument he uses to convince the Russian population about his claim of “Russophobia”. It’s what he used as the reason to attack Ukraine and is continuing to use for his propaganda. This is why so many European residents with Russian background are in favor of right wing parties like AfD, who will create a disaster in Europe. Can’t we just stay strong for the European values and the values of each member state?
PhoolCat on
Yeah, we have a few here already ->
timify10 on
I thought most Russian criminals and petty law breakers went to the front of the line in Ukraine.
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[The Telegraph reports](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/putin-send-thousands-criminals-wreak-080000438.html) – Estonia’s foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, has proposed a blanket ban on Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine from the European Union’s Schengen free-travel zone in response to the Kremlin’s plans to dispatch “ex-prisoners and rapists” to wage hybrid war in the bloc.
“We have close to one million combatants in Russia right now,” Mr Tsahkna told The Telegraph on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels.
“Russia and Putin are already using different people to commit attacks on our societies, but when there will be peace, we can imagine that we will have hundreds of thousands of ex-combatants coming to Europe.
“And they’re definitely not going with good plans to earn their own salaries and pay taxes. They come with real bad plans. We already see the special agencies of Russia organising different attacks in Europe.”
Is he buying Ryanair then?
… as if they weren‘t doing that already
In times like these it’s good to hear that some things dont change, I appreciate some stability. But it’ll be hard for Putin to decide, which criminal goes to the meatgrinder and which goes to “wreak havoc across Europe” in other ways
Claimed? It’s been their policy in Ukraine since 2023 at least to recruit prisoners as soldiers
Close. The. Borders.
No entrie at all for Russian nationals except for political asylum.
Does he have any left? He has already sent a lot to the front lines in Ukraine.
You just close borders for Russians coming into Europe, take a big foot and kick it were it should on their bottom. It will devistate those sencere but the risk factors is to high. So for the EU; kick e eru Russians on the borders out!
Just one more argument for Europe to stop being naive, to prepare for the worst and to arm itself to the teeth.
In Germany they’re paying them already. Ask Alice Weidel, Maximilian Krah or Peter Bystrom.
“thousands” … also, I thought diversity was our strength?
Taking a page from Trump’s playbook.
*cough* ICE *cough*
Someone please Inform Estonia’s foreign minister that they are coming already criminals from the south!
Yeah it’s called the Russian army
Literally, MAGA tier outrage propaganda.
Bravo democratic EU!
They need them for the front lines.
Didn’t he already have them installed in the American government?
He already did, sending them to the frontline in Ukraine
Russia is such a cancer amongst nations… If only they could mind their own business.
So business as usual then.
we just call them russians, but criminals works too
ffs, why would Europe take in ex russian soldiers, that’s a HARD NO
Yall have been saying the dame about turkey since 2015
Unlikely. The MAGA cult doesn’t have the money to travel throughout Europe.
Hell have to be quick Albania has a head start.
of course he will. That’s how russia deals with their soldiers after the war. They export violence and mafia all over the world. This is a rotten country.
That sound really familiar
And Poland should cross their border with Belarus.
By creating hate towards Russians (there are a lot who are against Putin and his crazy Hitler-Style war machine), you are giving Putin the instrument he uses to convince the Russian population about his claim of “Russophobia”. It’s what he used as the reason to attack Ukraine and is continuing to use for his propaganda. This is why so many European residents with Russian background are in favor of right wing parties like AfD, who will create a disaster in Europe. Can’t we just stay strong for the European values and the values of each member state?
Yeah, we have a few here already ->
I thought most Russian criminals and petty law breakers went to the front of the line in Ukraine.