Russian spies in Poland?: Country expels 45 Russian diplomats for espionage
Mariusz Kaminski
The Polish government expelled 45 Russian diplomats on Wednesday for espionage, an accusation that the Russian ambassador in Poland immediately dismissed as baseless.
Poland's Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced on Twitter that his country has "expelled 45 Russian spies pretending to be diplomats."
"Poland expelled 45 Russian spies pretending to be diplomats. With full consistency and determination, we are breaking up the agents of the Russian secret services in our country," Kaminski wrote.
Sergey Andreyev, the Russian ambassador to Poland, confirmed the expulsion, adding that the expelled individuals had been given five days to leave.
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"There are no grounds for these kinds of accusations," he said, adding that Russia reserves the right to take retaliatory action.
As far as bilateral diplomatic relations are concerned, he stated: "The embassies remain, the ambassadors remain."
Poland's counter-espionage service, ABW had earlier on Wednesday said that it had identified 45 Russian diplomats as suspected spies and recommended that the foreign ministry expel them.
"The internal security agency has drawn up a list of 45 people working in Poland under the cover of diplomatic activities," ABW spokesman Stanislaw Zaryn told reporters, accusing the suspects of targeting Poland.
He said the list of suspects had been transferred to the foreign ministry, tweeting that "ABW is requesting that they be expelled from Polish territory".
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The ABW "has detained a Polish national on suspicion of espionage for the Russian secret services," the spokesman added on Twitter.
"The detainee worked in the archives of Warsaw's registry office," he said.
"The activity of the suspect posed a threat to both (the) internal and external security of Poland."
(With inputs from agencies)
