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Polish Minister Accuses Security Services of Illegal Ties With Russia's FSB

© AP Photo / Czarek SokolowskiPoland’s Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz during a session of special parliamentary commission.
Poland’s Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz during a session of special parliamentary commission. - Sputnik International
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Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz accused the country's security services of illegal cooperation with Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the defense minister, Poland's Military Counterintelligence Service is currently analyzing this issue. No comment from the FSB has been provided yet.

"The cooperation with the FSB was started and went on for several months without the consent of any politician in authority and the agreement itself was signed after the prime minister was informed… The fact of the longstanding cooperation without [first] receiving the consent of politicians was an obvious crime," Macierewicz told the TVP broadcaster.

Poland’s Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz attends a meeting with his Latvian counterpart, Raimonds Bergmanis, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 14, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Under Polish legislation, the prime minister is responsible for organizing the supervision of security services or for appointing a special coordinator to maintain this supervision, Macierewicz added.

"Donald Tusk [Polish prime minister 2007-2014] bypassed the law and never appointed such a coordinator," Macierewicz said, adding that the prime minister had not fulfilled his direct duties.

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