The Wagner fighters in Belarus are causing nervousness in Poland. A number of recruiting stickers for the mercenary group recently appeared in Kraków and Warsaw. The secret service is now arresting two suspected agents.
The Polish secret service has arrested two suspected Russian agents who are said to have distributed recruitment stickers for the Wagner mercenary group. The two Russian citizens put up around 300 recruitment slips in public places in Kraków and Warsaw at the end of last week, spokesman for the coordinator of the intelligence services, Stanislaw Zaryn, said in a video clip on social media.
At the weekend, citizens drew the attention of the police in Kraków to the stickers. The logo of the Wagner people was shown on the slips of paper, with the following in English: “We are here. Join us.” According to the police, the QR code printed underneath led to a recruitment website for the mercenary force. According to Zaryn, the investigators found more than 3,000 such propaganda stickers on the suspects.
The public prosecutor’s office is investigating charges of espionage for a hostile secret service to the detriment of Poland and membership of an international terrorist organization. According to the PAP news agency, the men face up to ten years in prison.
Nervousness has grown in Poland since troops from mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army set up camp in neighboring Belarus after a failed uprising against Moscow. According to the leadership in Minsk, the Wagner fighters are supposed to train the Belarusian army.
Source: Stern
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