Poland detains suspected spy for Russia

Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has detained a man suspected of spying for Russia, officials said on Wednesday.

Poland’s internal security agency (ABW) has detained a man suspected of spying for Russia, officials said on Wednesday.

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The individual, an employee with Warsaw’s Civil Registration Office, was detained on March 17 and officially charged with espionage, the state PAP news agency reported.

A court has issued a three-month arrest order and the man faces up to 15 years in prison, officials told reporters. 

#ABW zatrzymała obywatela RP pod zarzutem szpiegostwa na rzecz służb specjalnych Federacji Rosyjskiej.

Szczegóły w komunikacie:https://t.co/3Ru21Qylil

— Stanisław Żaryn (@StZaryn) March 23, 2022

Stanisław Żaryn, the spokesman for Poland’s security services, told PAP on Wednesday that the detainee had been copying data and passing it on to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR RF).

Due to his work duties, the man had access to the archives of the Civil Registration Office and those of the city of Warsaw, Żaryn said.

He added: “Given the nature of the documentation collected by these units, the suspect’s actions posed a threat to the internal and external security of Poland.”

Wednesday is day 28 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Source: PAP, gov.pl