Hello, I'm Kashimadira, presenter on the BBC News Channel, and this is the interview from the BBC World Service.

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I will come back to Russia. I will participate in the elections.

There's an increase in violence according to the coca crop.

There is no place in the world where women are equal.

I will give away the vast majority of my money and it's my full-time focus for the rest of my life.

For this interview, I met Radoswav Shikorsky, Poland's foreign minister.

You're going to hear about Poland's decision to close a Russian consulate in the southern city of Krakow,

after claiming Russia was behind a huge fire in a Warsaw shopping centre last year.

The allegation has been dismissed by Moscow as completely without foundation.

It accuses Poland of hostility and describes relations between the countries as deplorable. As a key ally to Ukraine, Poland

has played a pivotal role in supporting its neighbour following the full-scale invasion by Russia in

2022. Tensions between Poland and Russia have been high since then, with these

latest events ratcheting them up even further. And Poland, he tells me, is all too aware of the danger

posed by Russia. We are spending 4.7% of our GDP on defence. We have the largest land army in the European

Union. And within our defence budget, we have the largest land army in the European Union. And within our

defence budget, we have the largest proportion that is spent on new equipment. And we will continue

to do that until we are sure we can deter Putin. We've learned over 500 years that when the Russians

threaten us, you have to take it seriously. Mr. Shikorsky also gives me his take on the prospect of a

lasting ceasefire in Ukraine, the involvement of the U.S. President Donald Trump, and also on the future

of NATO. Welcome to the interview from the BBC World Service with Radoslav Shikorsky.

It's important to remember that Russia's hybrid war on the West

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