Poland's Tusk seeks to revive commission to investigate Russian influence

WARSAW - Poland's prime minister wants to revive a Polish commission investigating Russian influence, he said on Wednesday, amid heightened fears about espionage after a Polish judge who had access to military secrets asked for asylum in Belarus.

Szmydt has said that he faced political persecution in Poland and that he resigned as a Polish judge in protest at policies he said were drawing the country into conflict with Belarus and Russia. "The issue of resuming work or building an appropriate body that will more effectively investigate Russian influence on Polish politics is on the agenda," Tusk told reporters after a security meeting to discuss the spy threat from Russia and Belarus.

Former PiS prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki questioned why the commission had been shelved in the first place.

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