Polish authorities accused a Russian journalist working for a pro-Kremlin news agency of posing a threat to Poland’s security, saying Wednesday that he should lose his right to reside in Poland and the European Union.
There are still more questions than answers at this point surrounding the case of Rossiya Segodnya agency journalist Leonid Sviridov. Polish authorities have never specified what suspicions or evidence they might have, keeping all details of the case top secret.
Poland’s Internal Security Agency declared him a “danger to the Polish state” last year. The Foreign Ministry stripped him of his journalist’s accreditation and the office of the governor of Mazovia, the province where Warsaw is based, opened an investigation.
The governor, Jacek Kozlowski, said Wednesday that after months of investigation he agreed with the security agency’s assessment that Sviridov is a threat to Poland and should be stripped of his right to remain in Poland.
Kozlowski said he cannot reveal those details for national security reasons, but that he has seen all the evidence against Sviridov and that it is “strong.”
