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Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers’ protests? - BBC Trending podcast, BBC World Service

Farmers' protests have been erupting across Europe, and on February 20th one image from a protest in Poland went viral. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM It showed a tractor carrying a soviet flag and bearing a slogan calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to ‘bring order to Ukraine, Brussels and our rulers.’ The man driving the tractor was arrested and is currently awaiting trial. After the image was released Poland’s foreign ministry spokesperson released a statement warning of attempts to take over the country’s agricultural protest movement by extreme and irresponsible groups ‘possibly under the influence of Russian agents.’ In this episode of BBC Trending, we attempt to track down the man behind the banner. Who is he? And what’s the evidence for Russian involvement in, or amplification of, farmers’ protests in Poland and beyond? 00:00 Intro 01:39 Why are Polish farmers protesting? 05:40 Trying to find the man behind the pro-Putin banner 10:39 “I got the number” 14:00 Is there more signs of pro-Russian activity involved in these protests? Watch more from Trending in our playlist 👉🏽    • BBC Trending   Thumbnail credit: Reuters ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Poland #Russia