Russian hockey player arrested in Poland on spying charges – National | 24CA News
Poland has detained a Russian skilled ice-hockey participant on spying expenses, prosecutors mentioned on Friday, describing him because the 14th individual that had been arrested from one espionage community.
The participant for a primary division Polish group was taken into custody within the southern Polish area of Silesia, prosecutors mentioned in a press release. The participant and his group weren’t publicly recognized. Prosecutors mentioned he had arrived in Poland in October, 2021.
A key hub for western navy provides to Ukraine, Poland says it has grow to be a significant goal for Russian spies and it accuses Moscow of making an attempt to destabilize the nation.
“Russian spies are falling in one by one!” Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro wrote on Twitter. “A spy who acted under the guise of an athlete was caught. The Russian was a player of a first division club.”
According to prosecutors he carried out actions together with figuring out essential infrastructure, for which he acquired cost. He will probably be saved in pre-trial detention and will resist 10 years in jail.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova mentioned Moscow had demanded a proof from Poland over its arrest of Russian residents, state news company RIA reported.
In March Poland mentioned it had damaged up a Russian espionage community working within the nation and detained 9 individuals it mentioned had been getting ready acts of sabotage and monitoring rail routes to Ukraine.
In April it mentioned it was introducing a short lived 200 meter exclusion zone round its Swinoujscie Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, citing considerations about Russian espionage.
