Six suspected Russian and Belarusian spies are detained in Poland

This is reported by the i.pl news edition referring to the statement of Stanislaw Zaryn, authorized by the government for the information space security of Poland.

"Since February, 6 people suspected of cooperation with Russian or Belarusian services have been detained in Poland. We expelled 45 Russian officials who officially worked in diplomacy but conducted intelligence activities against Poland. The Russian side and its proxies, the Belarusian services, are active, but this does not escape the attention of the Polish counterintelligence," he stated.

He claims Poland became the object of increased attention of Russian special services and their Belarusian counterparts after the invasion of the Russian army in Ukraine.  

"Espionage and hybrid Russian activities are a function of Russian policy. Russia invests resources and money in propaganda, hybrid or intelligence activities, not for some virtual purposes, but to implement its political agenda," Zaryn stressed.

He added that all countries which cooperate with Ukraine should consider that they will be subject to various kinds of intelligence actions or information pressure from the Kremlin. 

• On November 16, the head of British counterintelligence MI5 Ken McCallum said that more than 600 Russian officials were expelled from Europe, 400 of whom turned out to be spies. In addition, the United Kingdom refused more than a hundred applications for Russian diplomatic visas for national security reasons.