Poland’s internal security agency has detained a 28-year-old man who allegedly was a Russian spy: he is a professional hockey player who plays in one of the Polish clubs.
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The Wyborcza newspaper writes that a man suspected of espionage was detained in the Silesian Voivodeship, but he was supposed to act throughout Poland, the newspaper notes.
This is 28-year-old Maxim S., who was recently a professional hockey player for a first league club.
The detainee is a Russian citizen, Polskie Radio clarifies.
For foreign intelligence, he performed tasks in Poland, in particular, intelligence of critical infrastructure facilities in several voivodeships, the security agency and the national prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
This is the 14th detained member of the spy network worked out by us, Zbigniew Zebro, Prosecutor General of Poland, wrote on Twitter.
According to prosecutors, Maxim S. and other suspects “identified as foreigners across the eastern border” were part of a spy network that carried out intelligence activities and “propaganda against Poland” and prepared “acts of sabotage at the request of Russian intelligence.”
Maxim S. was charged with participation in an organized criminal group and “acting in favor of foreign intelligence against the interests of the Republic of Poland.” The maximum punishment is 10 years in prison.
The court agreed to take the suspect into custody. Prosecutors have not ruled out further arrests.
As you know, the Russian spy network discovered last year carried out reconnaissance tasks in Poland, including monitoring rail transportation. The group spread pro-Russian propaganda directed against Poland, the Polish authorities, NATO, carried out sabotage in the country.
In March 2023, the Homeland Security Agency arrested nine people suspected of spying for Russia. Three more were arrested on Wednesday. According to Kaminsky, the suspects were preparing “sabotage actions in order to paralyze the supply of equipment, weapons and assistance to Ukraine.” He added that the security forces seized cameras, electronic equipment and GPS transmitters, which the detainees planned to place on vehicles delivering aid to Ukraine.
In turn, the Minister of National Defense of Poland, Mariusz Blaszczak, suggested that the group entered from neighboring Belarus, and noted that the threat was real.
Source: Racurs
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