Andrzej Duda pardoned a Russian spy? The president has a statement

On Thursday, the largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War took place in Ankara, involving 24 people and two children, with the first diplomatic contacts that led to the exchange taking place in Geneva in 2021, Le Monde reported. Putin A final meeting was held with US President Joe Biden. A special communication channel was also established to continue the negotiations.

Prisoner Exchange

The Turkish side confirmed that the people mentioned in Ankara include: American reporter of The Wall Street Journal, 32 years old Evan Gershkovichwas sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia on suspicion of espionage; Former soldier Paul Whelanwas also sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia in 2020 for espionage; Russian opposition leader Ilya YashinA former aide to former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in 2015, was sentenced to 8.5 years in exile in 2022 for allegedly making false reports on the activities of the Russian armed forces; Rico Krieger, 29, a German citizen, Who stays Belarus Sentenced to death in June this year, but later pardoned by Alexander Lukashenko; Vadim Krasikov, former Russian FSB agent In 2021, at the request of the Russian authorities, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany for the murder of a Chechen-Georgian dissident in Berlin’s Tiergarten.

Statement by President Duda

“I would like to inform all concerned that the actions taken by the US authorities (with the support of our allies, including the Polish authorities) Prisoner swap with Russia in Ankarathe Office of the President of the Republic of Poland has been conducting or has not yet conducted the procedure for issuing a clemency (pardon) bill. I deny everything Gossip and the rumors that have arisen in this matter,” he wrote President Andrzej Duda.

This entry may concern Paweł Rubcow, who was detained in Przemyśl two years ago. Investigators accuse him of participating in foreign intelligence activities against Poland. The president must pardon the spy first.

He worked for the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service.

Pablo Gonzalez, also using a file called Paweł Rubcow, was detained by the Internal Security Service in Przemyśl in February 2022. The Russian-born Spanish journalist reported for the Spanish newspaper Publico how Poland Helping Ukrainian refugees.

According to the prosecutor’s office, he was a Russian employee GRU Military Intelligence Investigators accuse him of participating in foreign intelligence operations against Poland. Now, as he reports Jacek Dobzinsky, At the request of the United States, press spokesman for the Minister of Coordination of Special Services, Rubtsov, was included in the prisoner exchange.