# Tusk accuses an "army of Russian bots" of backing his opponents, Polish president speaks of a seizure of the Constitutional Court

- URL: https://syn.by/en/politics/international-relations/tusk-accuses-army-of-russian-bots/
- Published: 2026-11-02T11:00:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T05:05:03+00:00
- Section: International Relations
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/politika/mezhdunarodnye-otnosheniya/tusk-obvinil-armiyu-rossiyskikh-botov.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/palityka/mizhnarodnyya-adnosiny/tusk-abvinavau-armiju-rasiejskich-botau-u-padtrymcy.md

> President Karol Nawrocki said constitutional order was violated in Warsaw overnight. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in an address to the nation, called his opponents "pro-Russian forces" and referred to Russian bots.

![Donald Tusk — Tusk accuses an "army of Russian bots" of backing his opponents, Polish president speaks of a seizure of the Constitutional Court](https://syn.by/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/donald-tusk-5979-1024x585.webp)

Polish President Karol Nawrocki said on 31 October that the Constitutional Court had been seized by force in Warsaw the previous night. According to him, "constitutional order was violated overnight" in the country.

The trigger was another round of the conflict over the court's leadership: on 30 October its chairman, Bogdan Święczkowski, was suspended from his duties for a month. Clashes reportedly took place around the court building.

The Constitutional Tribunal itself, according to these reports, accused representatives of the authorities of illegally seizing state institutions.

Nawrocki asserts that a state body was seized by force. In another statement he repeated that constitutional order in the Republic of Poland was violated that night.

The conflict between the court and the government is not new. In February 2025, the court's then chairman, Bogdan Święczkowski, accused Tusk and leading Polish politicians of a coup d'état.

Tusk made an address to the nation. He said that for years there have been organisations and politicians in Poland who want to destroy democracy and the rule of law, and that they find support among pro-Russian forces in the world.

According to Tusk, in the current conflict these forces are backed by an army of Russian bots on the internet and have also received public compliments from the Kremlin's chief ideologist. Whom he meant does not follow from the words quoted, and the prime minister did not cite any evidence of bots in the statements quoted.

Tusk added that he would not assess the motives of his opponents: greed, stupidity or betrayal, in his words, the result is the same.

The subject of Russian information operations in Poland has been raised before. In July 2026, Tomasz Siemoniak, the minister-coordinator of special services, said that Russia uses troll farms and bot networks to manipulate around historical disputes between Poles and Ukrainians.

According to the analytical project "Bot Blocker", since early April 2024 fake accounts have been actively spreading information favourable to the Kremlin.