Poland announced the arrest of a sixteenth suspected spy for Russia

In Poland, Belarusian citizen Mikhail A. was detained, who is suspected of spying for Russia. This is the sixteenth person detained in the country on such suspicion recently, wrote on Twitter. Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński

According to him, the detainee collected information about military facilities and ports. In addition, according to the minister, the suspect was engaged in propaganda in the interests of Russia. Mikhail A. was arrested.

As adds tvt24 with reference to intelligence services, the 39-year-old citizen of Belarus was detained on August 1. From 2008 to 2010, he lived in Russia - first in Moscow, then in St. Petersburg. In 2021, he came to Poland and “came into contact with the coordinator of the spy network.” Polish intelligence services claim that the Belarusian systematically received rewards and tried to hide traces of his activities, often changing means of communication.

In July , Gazeta Polska wrote that 15 citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were detained in Poland. They were accused of espionage and participation in a criminal group (Part 1 of Article 130, Part 1 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Poland). The investigation believes that, in particular, the detainees were planning to blow up trains carrying weapons and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

One of the detainees is 28-year-old Russian hockey player Maxim S. The “Agency” assumed that we are talking about hockey player Maxim Sergeev, who plays for the Zagłębie Sosnowiec club from the city of Sosnowiec in the Silesian Voivodeship. An acquaintance of Sergeev’s from the club confirmed to Match TV the information about his arrest.