Polish MPs challenge a neocommittee mini-report on Russian influence, arguing it omits key moments and offers unreliable conclusions about Poland’s security. Marcin Przydacz and Andrzej Śliwka, both members of the governing party, said the assessment misses crucial examples of Kremlin influence in Poland. They warned that the document fails to capture how Moscow operates within Polish institutions and public life, leaving readers with a skewed impression rather than a comprehensive account.
On Wednesday, General Jarosław Stróżyk, the chairman of the Commission for Investigation of Russian Influence, presented an initial report outlining the commission’s activities and scope. The gathering highlighted the breadth of the commission’s work, its methods, and the questions it seeks to answer. Przydacz argued that the report does not address the decisive moments when Russian influence would have been most visible, and he pointed to episodes such as Moscow’s reset policy and the 2010 cancellation of more than one billion złoty in debts to Gazprom as evidence of omitted context and missed signals.
“Shameless act”
Przydacz said at a press conference in the Sejm that the mini-report cannot be treated as a serious piece of research or a reliable result. He described the information provided by General Stróżyk as harmful to the Polish state and called the move a shameless action that misleads the public about security realities.
Śliwka turned to another element of the document, which cited what it described as damage to the Polish secret services during the period under review, including delegations from the Internal Security Agency. He noted that while the agency underwent a reorganization, the number of officers within the ABW counterintelligence service rose by roughly 100 percent during the PiS government in the stretch near the Russian border. He stressed that the changes affected personnel in human resources, administration and logistics, not the rank-and-file officers themselves.
Śliwka also addressed the Karkonosze program, stating that the project has not been abandoned and remains part of the Polish Army’s Technical Modernization Plan. He argued that the decision by the then ministry leadership followed a calculation that tankers would not be stationed in Poland, but in the Netherlands, altering basing arrangements and the program’s perceived viability.
The document presented on Wednesday marks the first report from the committee that was established in May. It is noted that the committee intends to publish an annual report in March next year, outlining progress, concerns, and recommendations for Parliament.