We want this to be a committee free of any temptation, political or organization intentions. To bring about a solid cognition of what they looked like in the past and what real threats from Russia and Belarus present look like," said Donald Tusk. The survey of Russian influences in Poland will be conducted by experts under the direction of Brig-Gen Jarosław Stróżyk, head of SKW.
The Chief of Military Counterintelligence Service, Brig. Gen. Jarosław Stróżyk, was appointed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk to be the head of the government committee for the investigation of Russian and Belarusian influences from 2004 to 2024. The first gathering of the committee was held today, but the study on the first work will be published in 2 months.
During a press conference, which was attended by Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar, head of the Ministry of Interior Tomasz Siemoniak and head of the SKW Brig-Gen. The Guardian, the Prime Minister, acknowledged that the fight against the influence of hostile states, and that Russia and Belarus included them, would be 1 of the main tasks of Western states. “We want it to be a committee free of any temptation, political or organization intentions. To bring about a solid cognition of what they looked like in the past and what real threats from Russia and Belarus look like today," he said. “The upcoming elections and subsequent months will be decisive for the next fewer years, if not decades, erstwhile it comes to the safety of our country”, added Prime Minister Tusk.
Minister Siemoniak spoke about the importance of the committee. He admitted that Poland is presently facing not only revenues, but besides active actions on behalf of Russian and Belarusian services. – Attempts of sabotage, a situation on the border, about which we have no doubt, that it is an act on behalf of the Russian and Belarusian services – mentioned the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs.
The composition and tasks of the committee during the press conference were discussed by her boss, Brig-Gen Jarosław Stróżyk. He explained that experts posted by the Prime Minister and ministers would be working in the committee. He added that the committee would operate in teams dealing with researching Russian and Belarusian influences, including in the area of economy, state safety and media.
The 12-member committee included: Irena Lipowicz, prof. of social sciences, erstwhile Ambassador of Poland to Austria, erstwhile ombudsman; Dominika Kasprowicz, prof. of the Jagiellonian University, habilitated doctor at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication UJ; Katarzyna Bąkowicz, doctor of communication and media, assistant and lecturer at the School of Social Psychology, scientifically engaged in disinformation; Bartosz Machalica, historian and political scientist, doctor of social sciences, associate of the IPN College; Adam Leszczyński, doctor of the habilitated social sciences, associate prof. of SWPS, manager of the Institute of National thought Heritage; Grzegorz Motyka, doctor of habilitated social sciences, associate professor, presently manager of the Military Historical Office; Agnieszka Demczuk, doctor of habilitated legal sciences, prof. of the Warsaw University, erstwhile president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection; Tomasz Chłoń, erstwhile ambassador to Estonia and Slovakia; Paweł Białek, erstwhile deputy head of the interior safety Agency; Agnieszka Demczuk, doctor of the habilitated UMCS in Lublin and Paweł Ceranka, doctor of Social Sciences, deputy manager of the Office of Archives and Management of abroad Affairs.
