{"id":84634,"date":"2024-05-10T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/84634\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"polands-new-interior-minister-set-to-counter-moscows-minsks-influence","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/84634\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland&#8217;s new interior minister set to counter Moscow&#8217;s, Minsk&#8217;s influence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flag_polsha_1128_pexels-kaboompics-com-20100801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flag_polsha_1128_pexels-kaboompics-com-20100801.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flag_polsha_1128_pexels-kaboompics-com-20100801-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flag_polsha_1128_pexels-kaboompics-com-20100801-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flag_polsha_1128_pexels-kaboompics-com-20100801-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flag_polsha_1128_pexels-kaboompics-com-20100801-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pexels.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 10, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Newly appointed Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak has proposed setting up a constitutional commission to investigate the influence of Belarus and Russia in Poland, <em>polsat.news <\/em>reports, citing Prime Minister Donald Tusk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polish security officials are meeting today to discuss Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland over the past few years, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous Polish government led by the Law and Justice party established a commission in 2023 to investigate Russian influence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parliament dissolved it later that year after it advised against entrusting public office to Tusk and Siemoniak, political opponents of the ruling party at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussions about Russian and Belarusian influences sparked in Poland a few days ago following the defection of Judge Tomasz Szmydt suspected of espionage for Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/szmydt-tomasz-sb.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/szmydt-tomasz-sb.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/szmydt-tomasz-sb.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/szmydt-tomasz-sb.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/szmydt-tomasz-sb.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/szmydt-tomasz-sb.by-1128.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Polish court dismisses judge suspected of espionage for Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 10, Pozirk. The head of the Polish Supreme Administrative Court accepted the resignation of Judge Tomasz Szmydt on May 9, three days after he defected to Belarus, Sylwester Marciniak, communications officer at the court, said in a statement. On &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/84622\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 10, Pozirk. Newly appointed Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak has proposed setting up a constitutional commission to investigate the influence of Belarus and Russia in Poland, polsat.news reports, citing Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Polish security officials are meeting today to discuss Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland over the past few years, he added. 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