Overview
- Russia’s Interior Ministry database now lists Ben Wallace as wanted, state media reported Wednesday.
- An unnamed law-enforcement source told TASS the investigation involves terrorism-related charges, a detail not shown in the database.
- The action tracks back to Wallace’s 2023 remarks in Warsaw urging help for Ukraine to strike the Kerch Bridge, a key link between Russia and occupied Crimea.
- Kremlin officials denounced his comments as foolish, and the Foreign Ministry called them incitement to terrorism.
- Independent outlet Mediazona has reported earlier in-absentia steps and says the police list includes dozens of European officials, though authorities have not fully confirmed those details.