Polish President Andrzej Duda. File photoMINSK, June 15 Prosecutor General of Belarus Andrei Shved said that Minsk is studying the activities of the grandfather of the Polish President Andrzej Duda, who was a member of the Ukrainian punitive battalion operating on Belarusian territory during the Great Patriotic War. In April 2021, Shved stated that he opened a criminal case on the fact of the genocide of the population of the Byelorussian SSR during the Great Patriotic War. The Prosecutor General noted that Minsk would raise the issue of extradition of war criminals who are still alive for an open trial on the territory of the republic. The Prosecutor General also stated that the Belarusian side intends to submit evidence to the international tribunal to start the procedure for recognizing the genocide of the Belarusian people during the war years. territory of Minsk and Vitebsk regions,» Shved said, speaking at the parliamentary conference «Historical Memory: A Great Victory Gained by Unity» in Minsk. «Ridiculous» genocide: why Europe does not see the Nazis in Ukraine
