Russian MP suggests ‘kidnapping’ NATO defense minister for ‘interrogation’

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Reuters on May 31 reported that Oleg Morozov, who was first elected to the Russian parliament in 1993 and is a member of the party United Russiatalking about the West supplying weapons to Ukraine pose a direct threat to Russia and can tie Moscow must reconsider the goals military mine.

“You know, maybe this is a pipe dream that I’ve been hatching. In the near future, at some stage, a NATO country’s defense minister will be sailing to Kyiv to talk to him. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But he won’t go there, he will wake up in Moscow,” Morozov said on 60 Minutes program broadcast on state TV channel Rossiya-1 late on May 30.

“You mean kidnap them?” asked TV presenter Olga Skabeyeva, a Kremlin supporter.

“Yes. And then we will find out who ordered what, who is responsible for what exactly,” said MP Morozov.

“This is not exactly a myth. Currently on world There are new rules. Let all the defense ministers come to Kyiv to think for a moment what it’s like to wake up in Moscow,” Morozov said.

Reuters could not reach Mr. Morozov and Ms. Skabeyeva for comment. Neither Russia nor NATO has said anything so far.

A series of Western politicians visited Kyiv to show solidarity with Ukraine, including US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Mr. Austin visited Kyiv in April with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Russia has repeatedly warned the West that supplying Ukraine with advanced weapons risks escalating the conflict. Meanwhile, Ukraine called on the West to send more long-range weapons.