The Prime Minister already has a report on the commission examining Russian influence

A report of the commission examining Russian influence was sent to the prime minister; The document is passive and has less than 400 pages – said the head of the commission General Jarosław Stróżyk. He added that the Commission would probably extend the previously submitted applications to the prosecutor regarding the former head of the Ministry of National Defense Antoni Macierewicz.

The head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, chairman of the Commission for Research of Russian and Belarusian influence General Jarosław Stróżyk announced on Wednesday that the previously announced, the third report of the commission went to Prime Minister Donald Tusk. In addition, it was received by six ministers who had previously delegated their representatives to the committee.

“At the beginning of April (report) he went to the prime minister on the desk. Also to other ministers who delegated its members to the commission. The report is a secret and has less than 400 pages of new materials, which may be the subject of research not only of the Commission, but the prosecutor's office and special services” – said the chairman of the commission on TVP Info.

He noted that the information contained in the report may be used to extend the notifications of previously submitted to the prosecutor's office against the former head of the Ministry of National Defense Antoni Macierewicz (PiS). “It may largely happen to a large extent of the notification material, which we submitted last year in November and December regarding Antoni Macierewicz and his diplomatic betrayal” – emphasized General Stróżyk.

“Some of these materials are public, therefore public opinion may learn some facts about many areas, e.g. economy, culture, financing of Russian films and many other entities, in higher education, but also in security” – added General Jarosław Stróżyk.

The Commission for Research in Russian and Belarusian influence in 2004-2024 is the auxiliary body of the prime minister. She was appointed under the ordinance of the head of the government of May 21 last year. In addition to the chairman, the committee includes 11 specialists recommended by the Prime Minister and heads of key ministries in this matter.

The first report on the study of Russian influence was presented on October 30, 2024. The head of the committee announced that in the analyzed period of 20 years Polish special services were destroyed, largely counterintelligence. He pointed out, among others for the liquidation of the ABW delegations, also the liquidation of the set of a reserved Institute of National Remembrance. The Commission for Research of Russian and Belarusian influence submitted a request to the prosecutor's office regarding the possibilities of admitting diplomatic betrayal by Antoni Macierewicz.

January 10 this year The Commission presented another report. It concerned mainly the period since the Covid-19 pandemic explosion in Poland in 2020, when disinformation was intensified. The report shows that counteracting the disinformation threats of Russia and Belarus has been insufficient in recent years.

On January 15, 2025, the Ministry of Justice announced a notification by General Stróżyk to the National Prosecutor's Office about the suspected crime of committing his duties failure by the former head of the Internal Security Agency Piotr Pogonowski. As indicated by Pogonowski, who was the head of the Internal Security Agency in 2015-2020, “as a public official he was not to fulfill his duties, which resulted from the decision to make changes to the agency's statute.” “As a result, 10 out of 15 field delegations of the Internal Security Agency were liquidated.

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