Prosecutors said they have indicted Igor R. and his wife, Irina R., alleging the couple sought to pass information to Russian intelligence that could harm Poland.
Both were detained in July 2024 and have remained in pre-trial custody since then, spokesman Przemysław Nowak said.
Investigators allege that from February to August 2022, Igor R. worked for Russia’s Federal Security Service by collecting and transmitting information on Russian opposition figures residing in Poland, as well as on individuals and institutions assisting them.
According to prosecutors, he transferred the gathered data to his wife on an encrypted electronic storage device for onward delivery to the FSB in Russia.
Prosecutors say Irina R. took steps in Russia to hand over the encrypted materials, including sending a shipment via a parcel locker and attempting to establish contact with FSB officers.
In a separate count, prosecutors accuse Igor R. of participating in July 2024—together with two Ukrainian citizens and a Russian citizen—in sending and arranging the pickup of a courier package containing the explosive nitroglycerin.
An expert opinion from the Internal Security Agency’s forensic research unit found the intercepted shipment contained a powerful explosive, Soviet-made electric detonators, a modified power bank used as an initiating device, a metal thermos with a shaped-charge insert, and a bag with powdered contents.
Taken together, the components formed a “shaped-charge bomb” capable of causing significant infrastructure damage, prosecutors said.
Nowak also noted that the nitroglycerin shipment was sent by Ukrainian national Kristina S., who was convicted in August this year by the District Court in the central Polish city of Piotrków Trybunalski.
The case has been referred to court with charges including espionage and participation in the attempted transfer of an explosive device via a courier service.
Prosecutors did not disclose further details of the planned recipients or targets.
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Source: PAP