{"id":173375,"date":"2026-01-28T18:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173375\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polands-security-would-not-be-affected-by-cichanouskajas-relocation-former-intelligence-officer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173375\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland\u2019s security would not be affected by Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s relocation – former intelligence officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 28, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The potential move of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja from Lithuania to Poland would have little impact on Polish security, a former Polish security official said, citing already extensive Belarusian and Russian intelligence activity in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian diaspora in Poland is already under close scrutiny by Belarusian intelligence services, Anna Grabowska-Siwiec, a retired Polish security officer, told Belsat<\/em> on January 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the other hand, Lithuania\u2019s security potential is much smaller than Poland\u2019s. It is a small country exposed to considerable pressure from Belarus,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Grabowska-Siwiec, Poland arrests three to four Belarusians every year for working for Belarusian and Russian intelligence services. She is a former counterintelligence officer with Poland\u2019s Internal Security Agency and currently lectures on foreign affairs at the University of Bia\u0142ystok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the artificial migration crisis, incursions by balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus, espionage and the infiltration of Belarusian agents into the diaspora are all elements of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s hybrid warfare against Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she stressed that \u201cthis is not just a Polish-Belarusian war, but primarily a Russian-NATO war.\u201d \u201cIt is Russia\u2019s war against countries supporting Ukraine, involving cyberattacks and disinformation on their own territory. Both countries [Belarus and Russia] amplify each other\u2019s actions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe case in point is comprehensive Belarusian-Russian operations. In a sense, Belarus is Russia\u2019s proxy, carrying out certain actions in Moscow\u2019s interests while simultaneously pursuing \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s small goals,\u201d Grabowska-Siwiec added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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