On March 21, the Military Counterintelligence Service, by order of the Gdańsk District Prosecutor’s Office, arrested a foreigner accused of spying for Russian intelligence, the portal tvp.info reports. As indicated, the suspect had to obtain information about the critical infrastructure of Pomerania. During the interrogation, the detainee confessed and described his cooperation with the Russians. The foreigner has been staying in Poland since January.
Arrest of a Russian spy
The Prosecutor of the Military Affairs Department of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Gdańsk accused the detainee of espionage activities for Russian intelligence on the basis of the information provided by the Military Counterintelligence Service and the evidence collected
– said the spokeswoman of the Gdańsk Prosecutor’s Office, Grażyna Wawryniuk. The Gdańsk-Południe District Court agreed to the investigators’ request and sent the man to pre-trial detention for three months. The suspect faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
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Critical infrastructure information
According to the counterintelligence, the foreigner was collecting information for the Russian intelligence service about, among other things, critical infrastructure in the Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships. He was also interested in the activities of services and agencies responsible for security. He passed information to Russian intelligence.
During interrogation, the foreigner admitted to espionage and described the details and circumstances of his recruitment by Russian intelligence.
A spokesman for the Gdańsk public prosecutor’s office indicated that “according to the findings of the proceedings, the suspect was persuaded to undertake espionage activities in Poland. The man has been performing tasks assigned by the Russian service since at least January 2023.
wkt/tvp.info
Source: wPolityce