Leh Valensa: Putin should be tried

Former Polish President Lech Walesa strongly condemned NATO's restraint in the Ukraine crisis

At the same time, he accused Western allies and US President Barak Obama that when it becomes dangerous - Poland will be left alone again.

Valensa appealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin be held accountable for the annexation of Crimea before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

"If NATO hands over Ukraine to Putin, then what kind of NATO is it? Let's check how much NATO is worth. It shows that when it's good, it's good, but when things go bad at the moment of confrontation, we're alone again. If NATO brigades are stationed here, let's sign an agreement with them to he will not run away when it becomes dangerous," Valensa said.

The former legendary leader of the Polish revolt against the communist regime and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, in an interview published by today's Žečpospolita, advocated the establishment of a global commission for Russia that would take care that all countries of the world respect the sanctions and also that the president of Russia Vladimir Putin brought before the International Court in The Hague.

"Such people like Putin should be brought before the International Court in The Hague or some other world court. Laws, agreements and nations cannot be violated. Something should be done so that everyone knows in advance that they will be tried," he said. Valence.

The former first president of Poland after the fall of the communists did not spare Western allies either, especially US President Barack Obama whom he labeled as one of the culprits for Russia's behavior in the Ukraine crisis.

"We have to tell Obama that he is to blame for that situation because the reality would have looked completely different if he had not gotten out of the American anti-missile shield project. The US president made a mistake, but now it needs to be corrected urgently, because only a shield can be adequate. guarantee of safety and in the future (that mistake) will cost us even more," Valensa said.

Leh Valensa assessed that an armed conflict is possible in Ukraine, but that it is not worth it to end it quickly.

Poland is trying to take advantage of the crisis over Ukraine and convince the Western allies to station troops in Poland, preferably two armored brigades, about 10.000 soldiers, although NATO, in an agreement with Russia in 1997, undertook not to deploy larger forces and open military bases in the area of ​​the former Warsaw pact ie former satellites of the Soviet Union.