Poland Prepares to Expel 45 Russia Diplomats in Spying Crackdown
ByPiotr Bujnicki
March 23, 2022, 4:13 AM EDT
Poland is preparing to expel 45 Russian diplomats after arresting a low-level civil servant on suspicion of spying, joining a counter-espionage crackdown that’s sweeping the European Union’s eastern wing.
The Foreign Ministry in Warsaw summoned the Russian ambassador on Wednesday, government spokesman Piotr Muller said. Polish intelligence has identified 45 diplomats as officers of the Russian special services and their associates, according to Stanislaw Zaryn, a spokesman for Poland’s security services.
“Russian services are increasingly on the offensive,” Zaryn told reporters. “They are acting more and more aggressively against Poland.”
Separately, authorities detained a civil-registry clerk in Warsaw who allegedly provided Russians with documents that could be used to create false identities based on the identities of Poles and foreigners. He faces as much as 15 years in prison if convicted.
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