Poland Bars Putin-Allied Bikers Planning Roadtrip to Berlin
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Poland denied entry to members of the Russian Night Wolves motorcycle club, obstructing a planned tour to celebrate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany that some European officials have denounced.
The Night Wolves are led by Aleksandr Zaldostanov, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. in connection with Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014. Poland is among the most vocal of the European Union’s ex-Communist states that have accused Russia of violating their mutual neighbor’s sovereignty and supplying rebels with weapons, cash and fighters to fuel a separatist war there. Russia denies involvement.