Details of the arrest of the Russian in Świdnica. "He made illogical explanations"

The Lower Silesian police announced on Friday that the court had decided on a three-month arrest for a 55-year-old Russian citizen detained in Świdnica. The man is suspected of conducting activities for foreign intelligence. He fell into the hands of police officers while photographing passing trains and railway infrastructure in the city.

The police found out that the Russian citizen came to Poland for work. The officers, analyzing the materials collected on the memory media owned by the man, revealed hundreds of thousands of files on similar topics, which constitute photographic documentation of various places and important communication facilities - not only in Poland.

The photos included, among others: facilities of important railway and communication infrastructure, including those referred to as critical.

Karolina Gałecka, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, clarified during Friday's press briefing that the police in Świdnica had secured 250,000 photos. However, she added that "the remaining photos and information are on other media."

She noted that the prosecutor's office will analyze these materials during the investigation to find out on whose order they were taken and exactly how many photos there are. She added that the prosecutor's office will also determine whether the documentation the Russian citizen had was already transferred to a foreign country and in which countries the photos were taken.

He made "incoherent and illogical explanations"

The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Interior and Administration also said that during the interrogation the man was unable to clearly say what he was doing in Poland, why he was here and whether he worked in our country. She noted that "these explanations were inconsistent and illogical."

Asked whether the man said why he took the photos and why he needed them, she emphasized that "the man was not able to logically answer specific questions asked by police officers."

The police secured the materials. Of course, she has preliminary information about this man, but the further course of events and information will be the subject of the prosecutor's investigation, she said.

"The services coined the concept of a one-time agent"

The matter was commented on by RMF FM, Minister Coordinator of Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak. A Russian appeared, although so far the modus operandi has been that the Russian services have avoided sending Russian citizens to the front line, realizing that it is very difficult both in terms of image and in terms of subsequent detention of such people. The services coined the concept of a "one-time agent" who receives several thousand euros and instructions, Siemoniak said.