{"id":56441,"date":"2023-12-19T20:51:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T17:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=56441"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"polish-court-sentences-three-belarusians-accused-of-spying-for-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-1-e1703006842382.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com \/ Succo)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of spying for Russia.<br><br>The case involved 16 defendants. Two of them are subject to separate proceedings. The <em>Onet <\/em>news portal reported that the defendant Artem A. received the longest sentence of six years in prison; the defendant Maria M., the shortest sentence of 11 months in prison; all the defendants were fined.<br><br>&#8220;We were dealing with a modern way of running and organizing a spy network that was previously unknown in the entire European Union, not just in Poland,&#8221; said prosecutor Piotr \u0141opaty\u0144ski, as quoted by the news portal.<br><br>The group reportedly acted on the orders of a man on the Telegram messaging app. He was interested in monitoring critical infrastructure, such as the Rzesz\u00f3w-Jasionka Airport, the Port of Gdynia, a railway station in Rzesz\u00f3w, border crossings with Ukraine, and key railways delivering weapons and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The group leader allegedly planned to derail a train carrying military vehicles and offered $10,000 for the assignment.<br><br>According to the US-funded <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em>, the case involved one Russian besides the three Belarusians. The other 12 were Ukrainian nationals.<br><br>On March 16, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kami\u0144ski said that the Internal Security Agency had detained nine foreigners on suspicion of cooperating with Russian security services.<br><br>According to Kami\u0144ski, there is evidence that the group monitored railway lines. &#8220;Its tasks included identifying, monitoring and documenting arms shipments to Ukraine,&#8221; the minister said, according to a Russian translation. &#8220;The suspects also prepared sabotage activities aimed at paralyzing the supply of equipment, weapons and aid to Ukraine.&#8221;<br><br>A Belarusian propaganda account on Telegram said at the time that three of the nine were citizens of Belarus. They are U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Pa\u015bmiciucha (born 1994), Maryja Miad\u017aviedzieva (2004) and Mika\u0142aj Maskalenka (1971). It also posted video appeals by the detainees&#8217; supposed relatives saying that the case was fabricated.<br><br>On October 19, a court in Pozna\u0144 began the trial of two Belarusians accused of spying for the Belarusian military intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 19, Pozirk. The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of spying for Russia. The case involved 16 defendants. Two of them are subject to separate proceedings. The Onet news portal reported that the defendant Artem A. received the longest sentence of six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":56434,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-56441","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 19, Pozirk. The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"December 19, Pozirk. The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/\"},\"headline\":\"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-19T17:51:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/\",\"name\":\"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-19T17:51:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"December 19, Pozirk. The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":960},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia | Pozirk","description":"December 19, Pozirk. The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia | Pozirk","og_description":"December 19, Pozirk. The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/"},"headline":"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia","datePublished":"2023-12-19T17:51:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/"},"wordCount":354,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/","name":"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-19T17:51:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","description":"December 19, Pozirk. The District Court of Lublin in Poland has handed down a verdict against 14 foreigners, including three Belarusians, accused of","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sud-20231219-e1703006742236.jpg","width":1280,"height":960},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56441\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Polish court sentences three Belarusians accused of spying for Russia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/56441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=56441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}