The Polish authorities have announced this Friday the charges against the journalist Pablo González, arrested when he was giving news coverage from this country about the war in Ukraine started by Vladimir Putin. In a statement, they accuse him of being an agent of Russian military intelligence. “He is accused of participate in the activities of the intelligence services foreigners against the Republic of Poland”.
According to the note, González, who was arrested in Przemyśl on the night of February 27-28 of 2022, he was “identified as an agent of the Intelligence Agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU)”, and it ensures that “he carried out operations in favor of Russia, benefiting from his status as a journalist “. Some facts that, according to the Government of Poland, “are punishable by ten years in prison.”
Pending what the justice decides, the journalist will be in preventive detention for at least three months. From laSexta we have spoken with his wife, Oihana Pavel, who He flatly denies that he is a spy in the service of Russia.: “It’s absurd, it’s a movie. The period of solitary confinement in Poland is 48 hours and he has been in solitary confinement for four days.” In this sense, he has acknowledged that he has spoken with the consul and has asked the authorities to act: “Do something and bring him.”
This Thursday, the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, assured that the Government will “enter into contact with him” to help him in everything necessary until he regains his freedom: “We are going to offer him consular assistance and assist him in everything, as we do with all the Spaniards who are detained”.
Source: Lasexta
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