Poland’s prime minister accused Russian agencies today of hacking into Polish government servers, manipulating and distributing Polish government emails to expose the nexus between the executive and judiciary in Poland, AP reported, quoted by BTA.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki described as “provocations” the actions of the Russian and Belarusian secret services, which he said aimed to sow discord in Poland because of Polish support for Ukraine after it was attacked by Russia.
The 2019 emails, which the Polish press reported on Monday, show that the chief of the prime minister’s office, Michal Dworczyk, informed the prime minister that he had discussed some court cases with a person described as the “chairwoman” Julia P., and that those cases were were discontinued.
The description matches the name of Julia Psilembska, president of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (Court). Under her leadership, constitutional magistrates have ruled in favor of government policy and in support of Warsaw in its disputes with the European Commission.
Yesterday, Psilembska denied ever discussing verdicts at the Constitutional Tribunal except with its members. She said she would not be intimidated by any “Russian provocations”.
Correspondence between the email addresses of Dworczyk and Morawiecki has been leaked to the Polish media for several months. The government disputes their authenticity, but some individuals mentioned in the documents say they are genuine. Today, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki did not explicitly say that the latest leaked documents were fake, but only accused Russia of hacking Polish government servers.
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