# Poland detains six people on suspicion of spying for Russia

- URL: https://syn.by/en/politics/international-relations/poland-detains-six-spying-russia/
- Published: 2026-11-05T14:30:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T05:05:02+00:00
- Section: International Relations
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/politika/mezhdunarodnye-otnosheniya/polshe-zaderzhali-shest-chelovek-shpionazhe.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/palityka/mizhnarodnyya-adnosiny/polshchy-zatrymali-shesc-chalaviek-shpijanazhy.md

> Those detained include five Poles and a Russian woman. A court remanded four in custody, according to Tomasz Siemoniak, the minister-coordinator of special services.

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Officers of Poland's Internal Security Agency detained six people suspected of participating in an organised criminal group that operated against Poland. They include five Polish citizens aged 25 to 52 and a 37-year-old Russian woman.

The detention operation ran from 21 October to 2 November. Searches reportedly took place at 21 locations in three voivodeships.

Tomasz Siemoniak, the minister-coordinator of special services, said: "ABW officers detained six people suspected of participating in an organised criminal group that operated against the Republic of Poland" (translation).

According to Siemoniak, the evidence gathered indicates that the detainees acted in the interests of Russian intelligence services and took part in activity aimed at strengthening Russia's military capacity.

According to the investigation, the group was engaged in illegal shipments to Russia of significant volumes of materials for military use, which are used to produce ammunition and weapons systems. The detainees have been charged with participating in an organised criminal group, espionage and illegal trade in strategic defence technologies.

A court remanded four of the detainees in custody and imposed a non-custodial measure on two others, Siemoniak said.

Similar cases have come up in Poland before. In April 2014, the Internal Security Agency published a report on catching spies from Belarus and Russia. In August 2023, a citizen of Belarus was detained on suspicion of working for Russian intelligence, and in March 2023 a trial began in Białystok in an espionage case involving a Belarusian and a Russian.

In October 2025, Poland's Supreme Court upheld a sentence handed to a Belarusian for espionage.