MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted activities of Poland’s intelligence network in the Kaliningrad Region, detaining two Polish intelligence agents and issuing warnings to seven Polish citizens and three Russians against committing acts of espionage and high treason, the FSB Public Relations Center reported.
"The Federal Security Service has exposed and localized Poland’s intelligence network operating in the Kaliningrad Region," the Public Relations Center said.
"As a result of operational and investigative activities, two agents of the Military Intelligence Service of the Ministry of National Defense and Poland’s Internal Security Agency have been detained. They were gathering and passing on information about the Russian Defense Ministry’s servicemen and facilities and data on the social and economic situation, migration and social policy in the Kaliningrad Region," the FSB noted. The Investigative Department of the FSB Directorate for the Kaliningrad Region has opened criminal cases against them under Article 276 (espionage) of the Russian Criminal Code. "Under a court decision, the detainees have been remanded in custody," the FSB said.
In addition, seven Polish citizens and three Russians, who had maintained contact with Poland’s intelligence services, received official warnings against actions that could create conditions for committing crimes under Article 275 (high treason), Article 275.1 (confidential cooperation with a foreign state, international or foreign organization) and Article 276 (espionage) of the Russian Criminal Code. "These Polish citizens have been banned from entering our country for a long period," the FSB said.
The Public Relations Center stressed that this year alone, as a result of screening and verification activities, "a total of 14 Polish citizens had their Russian visas annulled and six people were banned from entering Russia for aiding Poland’s intelligence services.".