Life imprisonment threatens 28-year-old Wiktor Ż., Suspected of espionage for Russian intelligence. The man, according to the National Prosecutor's Office, “acted for ideological reasons and pro -Russian beliefs.”
“Wiktor Ż. Gave the interview to the Russian Federation information that could harm the Republic of Poland,” the National Prosecutor's Office informed on Wednesday.
The prosecutor's office reported that Wiktor ź. He has a university degree and is a Polish citizen. According to investigative findings, he not only reported readiness to act for Russian intelligence, but took specific actions. The 28-year-old was to collect and provide information on “the functioning of key objects for the defense of the Republic of Poland”. Their disclosure – as the prosecutor's office reported – could harm the Republic of Poland.
He was to take these actions, according to investigators, for over a year – from February 28, 2024 to April 30, 2025 in Bydgoszcz and outside Poland.
Arrested
A man suspected of espionage was – at the behest of the prosecutor's office – detained by officers of the Internal Security Agency. The activities were carried out on June 4.
“On the same day, ABW officers searched several places in the Kuyavian -Pomeranian Voivodeship,” says Przemysław Nowak, spokesman for the National Prosecutor's Office.
The investigation is being conducted by the ABW delegation in Bydgoszcz under the supervision of a prosecutor from the Mazowieckie Faculty of Business Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw.
Arrested
The prosecutor's office argued to a detained man, the prosecutor's office charged with a readiness to act for the intelligence of the Russian Federation and conducting business for him. For this crime is punishable by a lifetime prison – at the same time the penalty may not be less than eight years.
“After the presentation of the allegation, Wiktor Ż. He was questioned as a suspect. At the current stage of the proceedings, we do not disclose his procedural attitude,” informs the prosecutor's office. He only reports that the man “was acting for ideological reasons and pro -Russian beliefs.”
Prosecutors came up with a temporary arrest of $. for the next three months. The court granted this conclusion.
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Source: tvn24.pl
Source of the main photo: Paweł Supernak/PAP