A
group of Russian bikers was not allowed into Poland "on suspicion of being
members of an extremist organization," a motorbike club member said.
SKOPJE, May
1. /TASS/. Russian members of the motorcycle rally "Roads of Victory-to
Berlin," organized by Russia’s Night Wolves bikers, who planned to visit
WWII memorials in Poland were not allowed into the country, a Night Wolves
spokesman told TASS Monday.
"A
group of Russian bikers was not allowed into Poland on suspicion of being
members of an extremist organization," Yevgeny Strogov said, adding that
participants from other European states, including Belarus, were allowed to
enter the country.
The international
motorcycle rally "Roads of Victory- to Berlin" kicked off in Moscow
on April 27. Over the past three days, its participants have crossed the
Smolensk region in Russia and Belarus.
The bikers
carry the flags of Russia, Poland and other countries. They will visit Warsaw,
Wroclaw and Oswiecim, and later Germany's Berlin, where the rally will be over
on May 9.
On Sunday,
Night Wolves bikers from different countries paid tribute to Polish defenders
at the Unknown Soldier’s Tomb in central Warsaw and then laid flowers at the
military cemetery for Soviet soldiers and observed a moment of silence.
In the past
few years, Russian members of the club were not allowed to cross the border
between Belarus and Poland. Polish border guards and diplomats denied them access
to the European territory, citing security reasons.
