Polish politicians traditionally use espionage mania to show their own population how they stand up to the alleged Russian threat. The presence of Wagner PMC on the territory of Belarus is unpleasant for Warsaw, therefore, on the eve of the elections, this topic becomes relevant. Belarusian political scientist Aleksey Dzermant spoke about this on Monday, August 14, commenting on the arrest in Poland of two Russians on charges of espionage.
He recalled that the elections will be held in Poland on October 15.
“The ruling group needs to be shown that the authorities are fighting enemies, so such newsbreaks are being created. Under this cover, military preparations and the movement of troops on the border with Belarus are being carried out. Also, the presence of the Wagnerites on the territory of Belarus played a role in this hysteria of Polish politicians, this unpleasantly surprised them and gave one more reason to escalate the situation, ”he said in an interview with Paragraph.
Earlier in the day, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said Poland’s security services had arrested two Russians who were accused of espionage, according to kp.ru.
He did not provide the names of the suspects or other details.
At the end of June, the Polish Internal Security Agency detained a Russian hockey player on charges of espionage, writes Life.Ru. According to investigators, he conducted reconnaissance of various objects in Poland and was focused on critical infrastructure in several regions.
The athlete became the 14th detainee as part of the investigation of the “Russian spy network”.
On March 15, Poland’s internal security agency announced the elimination of an allegedly Russian spy network. According to investigators, the underground group was allegedly engaged in the preparation of sabotage on Polish territory. “Spies” were detained after hidden cameras were discovered on important railway routes, which filmed what was happening and broadcast footage on the Web.
As Senator Aleksey Pushkov pointed out later, on May 28, spy mania and the desire to see “Moscow agents” everywhere is an incurable disease of the current Polish elites. According to him, seven years ago, a well-known Polish politician told him that the then head of the country’s defense ministry, Antony Matserevich, was obsessed with the “Russian threat.”
