Poland summons Russian ambassador over assassination comment

Russian ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev (Czarek Sokolowski/AP/PA)

The Polish Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in protest on Friday after a former Russian official suggested that it would be acceptable to assassinate Poland’s ambassador to Russia.

Pavel Astakhov, Russia’s children’s ombudsman from 2009 to 2016, spoke on a television programme hosted by Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov.