The arrest was coordinated between NATO states, including Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government, and has been met with silence by the European and US media.
Polish prosecutors say the Russian man collected information on military units and their equipment. If found guilty, he could face 10 years behind bars.
On Monday 28 February, the Spanish journalist Pablo Gonzalez was arrested in the south-western Polish city of Rzeswów, accused of being “an agent of Russian intelligence”. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) and its Spanish affiliates urge the authorities to release Gonzalez and condemn the increasing attacks on journalists in Ukraine.