Elon Musk, one of Donald Trump’s closest associates, is a vigilant observer of platform X and often reacts to posts shared there. Recently, he reposted a message by Mario Nawfal regarding the findings of Gazeta Polska, which discussed the influence of USAID funds during the Biden administration on the elections in Poland and the formation of the Tusk government.
Mario Nawfal wrote about Gazeta Polska’s findings regarding USAID funding for “foreign interference” on social media.
“The investigation by Gazeta Polska reveals that millions of American taxpayer dollars, under Biden, were funneled to Polish groups working to weaken PiS and promote leftist policies.
USAID grants allegedly funded activist groups, progressive media, and efforts to silence conservative media, such as TV Republika, by pressuring advertisers.
The report also reveals that the United States is funding pro-LGBT activities in schools and campaigns aimed at discrediting Poland’s border security policy.
Trump’s decision to limit USAID funding forced these groups to act, exposing foreign influence on Polish democracy.”
Elon Musk commented on this post with a striking emoticon.
On January 20, his first day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all international aid programs for 90 days. He explained this as a need to align spending with the “America First” policy, which prioritizes U.S. interests.
Most U.S. foreign aid is managed by USAID (the United States Agency for International Development, established in 1961) and the State Department. According to the Center for Eastern Studies in an analysis of Trump’s decision, in 2022—the last year for which complete data is available—it amounted to $61.7 billion.
USAID operated in over 100 countries worldwide. Polish non-governmental organizations also benefited from U.S. aid.
After U.S. President Donald Trump suspended foreign aid, numerous NGOs in Poland lost funding from this source. They are now counting on government support.
A new analysis by Stanisław Żaryn, based on the TVN24 report “Rabota w Polsze”, reveals disturbing evidence of Russian interference in Poland’s political scene. According to Żaryn, the report “exposes the massive manipulation orchestrated under Donald Tusk’s government” and confirms long-standing suspicions about foreign influence in the country’s internal affairs.
PiS Took a Tough Stance on Russian Subversion – The New Government Weakened It
The findings highlight a crucial difference between the approach taken by the previous Law and Justice (PiS) government and that of the current administration. Under PiS leadership, Polish security services were highly effective in countering “Russian intelligence operations and acts of sabotage and diversion.” However, following the opposition’s rise to power, the security strategy shifted from proactive prevention to passive reaction, creating a dangerous opening for foreign influence.
Żaryn emphasized that during PiS rule, Russia aggressively expanded its intelligence operations against Poland, engaging in acts of sabotage, diversion, and asymmetric warfare. Yet, instead of strengthening national security, Tusk’s coalition has chosen to attack the very tools and technologies that had been instrumental in protecting the country. The shift in approach, Żaryn warns, is playing directly into Moscow’s hands.
Russian Money Funded the Anti-PiS Campaign
One of the most alarming aspects of this revelation is the role that Russian intelligence allegedly played in fueling internal political strife.
“Russian intelligence paid for personal attacks on the President of Poland and promoted the vulgar slogan ‘J…ć PiS’ (eng. ‘F..k PiS) The so-called ‘Eight Stars’ movement, characterized by its crude and aggressive rhetoric, was a central part of the opposition’s campaign against the PiS government. Now, these same forces have taken control of the country,
” Żaryn wrote.
He added that the TVN24 report presents clear evidence supporting what had long been suspected.
“Russia had a clear goal: to overthrow Poland’s conservative government. And they didn’t just support this effort—they financed it on a massive scale,”
Żaryn stated.
Kamiński: The European Commission Must Act
Former Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński has taken immediate action in response to these shocking revelations. He called out the European Commission for its failure to address Russian interference, stating:
“The disclosure of evidence proving that Putin’s regime funded a campaign against the Law and Justice government and President Duda is deeply alarming. Even more concerning is the European Commission’s apparent susceptibility to Russian manipulation—especially its defence of Paweł Rubcow in the so-called rule-of-law report and its failure to take any steps to investigate these grave allegations.”
Kamiński has now submitted a formal inquiry to the Commission, demanding answers.
“I am asking the Commission whether it intends to investigate lobbying efforts that targeted the previous PiS government and whether it will examine possible connections between these efforts and other Kremlin-backed campaigns,
“ he announced.
The former minister also published the full text of his inquiry, signalling that the fight for truth and national sovereignty is far from over.
W związku z ujawnieniem dowodów wskazujących na finansowanie przez reżim Putina kampanii atakującej rząd Prawa i Sprawiedliwości oraz Prezydenta Andrzeja Dudę, poważne zaniepokojenie budzi podatność KE na rosyjskie manipulacje – chociażby obrona Pawła Rubcowa w raporcie na temat… pic.twitter.com/OJ984RJRFk
Mario Nawfal wrote on social media about the findings of Gazeta Polska regarding USAID financing of “foreign interference”. He found that two journalistic data were made available for financing pro-LGBT activities and discrediting Polish border security. He pointed out that the journalistic investigation also revealed financing from American money of pro-LGBT activities and a campaign to discredit Polish border security.
🚨🇵🇱🇺🇸 USAID FUNDED FOREIGN INTERFERENCE? U.S. TAX DOLLARS HELPED UNDERMINE POLAND’S PiS GOVERNMENT
A Gazeta Polska investigation reveals millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars under Biden were funneled into Polish groups working to undermine PiS and push left-wing policies.
In the comments under Musk’s post, we read, among other things:
“Elon’s reaction says it all. If USAID funded political interference in Poland, it’s a huge scandal.”
“Foreign interference using American taxpayers’ money? If true, this raises serious questions. How much of our money is being used to manipulate the politics of other nations?”
“How PiS Was Overthrown with Foreign Money,” a Special Reminder of the Article by Grzegorz Wierzchołowski and Maciej Kożuszek, Published in Gazeta Polska on February 19, 2025
During Joe Biden’s presidency, millions of dollars from American taxpayers were funneled to organizations in Poland that contributed to the overthrow of the most pro-American government in the history of the Third Polish Republic. U.S. government agencies such as USAID, the State Department, and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funded entities that hindered Poland’s defense against the Russian-Belarusian border crisis and fought against the Law and Justice (PiS) government, labeling it as “undemocratic” and “oppressive” toward women and LGBTQ+ individuals. These funds supported individuals who demanded the punishment of “criminal” Jarosław Kaczyński in the American press, financed organizations that whitewashed Hamas, and backed projects by Polish legal organizations. In an internal document, USAID also recommended combating inconvenient media by cutting off their advertising revenue, a tactic currently being used against TV Republika.
Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to USAID (the United States Agency for International Development) and potentially dismantle the agency altogether has outraged and shocked left-wing circles worldwide. For years, thousands of activists had comfortably lived off American money, advancing the political and social agenda of the progressive “international.”
This also applied to Poland, especially in recent years. Activists themselves have candidly admitted that the flow of American money into Polish non-governmental organizations (particularly those engaged in left-wing political and social activism) intensified during the rule of the United Right. “American funds were heavily present in Poland in the 1990s and early 2000s, but later they shifted away from Central Europe. The situation changed three or four years ago when USAID reopened grants for this part of the continent. These were funds for pro-democracy activities, media, the rule of law, and initiatives related to equality and human rights,” said Dr. Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska, a lawyer from the Prague Civil Society Center, who has long been associated with Polish entities reliant on grants, in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.
Eliminating Independent Media
Alongside supporting selected foundations, organizations, and media, there were recommendations to combat those that posed a threat to the left-liberal status quo. In 2021, a month after Joe Biden’s inauguration, USAID created a 97-page internal document titled “Disinformation Primer.” The primer, marked “for internal use only,” was leaked years later thanks to the organization America First Legal, which fought in court for the right to access public information. The document recommends cooperation between governments, NGOs, and media to combat “information disorder.” It also proposes strategies such as promoting or suppressing content through search engines and cutting off advertising revenue to media outlets deemed to be spreading disinformation. The goal is to prevent the creation of “narratives that deviate from mainstream sources” and to stop individuals from sharing their own inquiries, which could lead to “populist expertise that shapes and supports their alternative worldview.”
The document, hidden from the public, suggests that some advertisers “inadvertently fund and strengthen platforms that spread disinformation.” Cutting off inconvenient media from advertising revenue would prevent them from “spreading their message.” Therefore, as stated in the USAID study, “efforts have been made to inform advertisers of the risks, such as threats to brand safety by placing ads next to objectionable content.” According to USAID, such an operation—cutting off allegedly “disinformation-spreading” media from advertisers—has another advantage: it allows for “redirecting funding to higher-quality information domains.” Sound familiar? An identical strategy has been applied to Telewizja Republika, currently Poland’s largest news station, since early 2024. This process involves state and non-governmental actors (such as Jerzy Owsiak, who pressures advertisers), liberal media (calling for boycotts), and major business players, often with foreign capital. The goal? To destroy TV Republika or at least reduce it to an insignificant, niche station while strengthening liberal, mainstream competition.
“We can work very hard on exclusion and inclusion lists to convince the global advertising industry to spend its advertising dollars on good news and good information,” said Jeanne Bourgault in Davos in 2024 during a panel titled “In Defense of the Truth.” Bourgault heads Internews Network (IN), an officially non-governmental organization whose goal is to “create a healthy information ecosystem.” Over the years, IN has received nearly $0.5 billion in grants from… USAID—American taxpayer money accounted for 95% of IN’s budget.
Mohammed, the Lighthouse Keeper, and PiS’s “Auschwitz”
USAID money has financed projects by the Lublin-based Homo Faber foundation, among others. The latest of these, implemented in January 2025, is “Discover Arabia,” advertised as “a series of meetings inviting Lublin residents to learn about the Arab world, culture, cuisine, customs, and to meet people from Arab countries living in Lublin.” In 2018, Homo Faber’s CEO Anna Dąbrowska accused the PiS government in the media of pursuing “anti-Ukrainian” and “anti-Islamic” policies. In 2021, Dąbrowska publicly read a letter from “Mohammed,” which was aggressive toward the Polish government and positive toward Berlin. “I took my wife and child and fled to Germany. I would not feel safe in Poland. The government, despite criticism from wonderful Poles and the international community, still categorically denies us the right to be refugees,” “Mohammed” reportedly wrote. Another Homo Faber activist claimed in the media that Poland “consciously sentences foreigners to death” and is trying to legalize “terrible practices.” It was the Lublin foundation that co-founded the Granica Group, whose demonstrations labeled Polish border guards as murderers. Additionally, in 2014, Homo Faber warned against the growing “Russophobia” in Poland.
Another beneficiary of USAID funds was the Center for Civic Education Foundation, which fought against Minister Przemysław Czarnek (“lex Czarnek”) and prepared pro-immigrant lesson plans for schools that criticized the PiS government. The Center for Civic Education was behind the “Latarnik Wyborczy” (Election Lighthouse), an online election test advertised in liberal media as a guide for undecided voters. The catch was that the test was designed in such a way that even after answering “I have no opinion” to all 25 questions, it indicated that the voter should support the Civic Coalition.
The Association for LGBT People “Tolerado” also received U.S. funding (directly from the embassy led by Marek Brzezinski), organizing “rainbow” protests outside the offices of PiS MPs in Gdańsk. One of the activists of “Tolerado” said during this campaign: “We are here to show the Czarnks, Żals, Jędraszewskis, and Duda, as well as all kinds of haters, that freedom, equality, and human rights are not made up. Despite all the hatred they spread, no one denies them these rights. Let us recall the recent loud words that Auschwitz did not come out of nowhere.”
Under the Democrats, the Empowering Children Foundation also received American financial support, primarily providing children with LGBT propaganda, such as through Rainbow Friday. This entity also participated in the media campaign against Minister Czarnek. There were many LGBT initiatives—sponsored with U.S. money—including: “Corporate Workshops for LGBTQIA Allies” (Campaign Against Homophobia), “Building Supportive Communities for LGBT+ People in Rural Areas” (Rural Support Foundation), “Building the Capacity of Activists and Service Providers Working with the LGBTQI+ Community” (Herstory Foundation), etc. After Trump’s recent decisions, the Director of the Campaign Against Homophobia lamented: “We spent the $100,000 per year that came to us through intermediaries from the US Department of Labor on advocacy, training for activists, and local fights against anti-LGBT resolutions. This pool was almost entirely spent, but we had a promise to continue – another $75,000. We wanted to spend it, among other things, on a large social campaign about civil partnerships. We lost PLN 350,000 overnight.”
Free Courts Funded by Foreign Money
USAID funds also went to the “Watchdog” Civic Network, whose representatives claim: “We are independent, and we keep an eye on the government.” These “independent” activists, sponsored from abroad, encouraged in June 2023—in the middle of the election campaign—that “During the long weekend in June, we were guests at three of the approximately one hundred planned stops of the Tour de Constitution (…). The event is attended by bar councils and organizations planning to observe election day. At ‘our’ stops, these were the Electoral Observatory and the Committee for the Defense of Democracy. And there are special guests. We met Dr. Hanna Machińska, prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek, and judge Igor Tuleya.” The Tour de Constitution itself—specifically its “school” project titled “I Am for Dignity”—was also supported by USAID money. And the Active Democracy Foundation, which has been implementing the anti-PiS Tour de Constitution for several years, is subsidized by the Batory Foundation, whose donors include the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Office for Population and Refugees, and the European Commission.
We cannot forget about the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), responsible for distributing U.S. government money (including from USAID) for “pro-democracy” projects worldwide. From January 2016 to January 2025, Anne Applebaum, the wife of the current head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, sat on the NED board. As Gazeta Polska has established, there are many connections between USAID money and the legal and judicial community in Poland. NED scholarship holders include Michał Wawrykiewicz, an attorney, co-founder of the “Free Courts” initiative, and since 2024, a Member of the European Parliament from the Civic Coalition list. At the beginning of 2023, “Free Courts” reported: “On January 31, attorney Wawrykiewicz gave a lecture in Washington titled ‘Democratic Deconsolidation and the Weakening Rule of Law in Poland: Restoration, Resilience, and Determination.’ His guests and wonderful commentators were Prof. Włodzimierz Wróbel: an erudite, distinguished judge of the Supreme Court, and Prof. Fernanda Nicola from the American University Washington College of Law, a specialist in EU law. The lecture was held as part of a scholarship from the National Endowment for Democracy.” Wawrykiewicz, “as part of the scholarship,” zealously disgusted the American legal elite with the Polish state ruled by PiS. As reported by “Free Courts” in 2023: “On February 9, attorney Michał Wawrykiewicz met at the New York University School of Law with the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Prof. Margaret L. Satterthwaite, and her students. The subject of the meeting? Of course, the destruction of the rule of law in Poland. On February 13, at the Public Law Centre at the University of Ottawa, attorney Wawrykiewicz spoke about the collapse of the rule of law in Poland. This is not the end; attorney Wawrykiewicz also held various lectures and meetings at universities: Georgetown, University of Utah, and again at NYU. On February 25, attorney Michał Wawrykiewicz organized a screening of the film ‘Judges Under Pressure’ in Washington, with a foreword by director Kacper Lisowski. The culmination of the entire month was a meeting in Congress on violations of the rule of law in Poland. Attorney Michał Wawrykiewicz presented the report ‘2500 Days of Lawlessness’—a kind of chronicle of the destruction of the justice system and the battle for its independence created by the Free Courts.”
In the fall of 2024, “Free Courts” implemented the NED-supported project “Protecting Free Courts in Europe” and a series of seminars, “Attacked Justice—Lessons from Poland.” As part of this project, a meeting for lawyers, judges, and students was organized in Budapest.
In November 2024, as part of a project financed by NED, “Free Courts” and the District Bar Council in Warsaw invited attendees to a “press breakfast in connection with the anniversary of the judgment in the Wałęsa v. Poland case by the European Court of Human Rights (application no. 50849/21), which is a pilot judgment.” There was also talk of “neo-judges” and “neo-KRS,” and the special guest was Deputy Minister of Justice Dariusz Mazur.
In 2023, “Free Courts” launched the educational project “European Judicial League.” The initiative was financed by USAID and the German Bölla Foundation (funded by the German federal budget). The campaign was advertised on social media by the leaders of “Free Courts”: Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram, known from the “Wejście Group,” and the current Deputy Minister of Justice Maria Ejchart, who, incidentally, in 2011-2012—as we read in her biography—”at the invitation of USAID, co-authored workshops in Libya aimed at introducing topics related to democracy and human rights.”
That’s not all. In December 2023, after Donald Tusk took power, the USAID-funded project “ROOF—Rule of Law Facilitation Project” was launched. This is a series of seminars on “restoring the rule of law” in Poland. The seminars sponsored from abroad were attended by, among others: Judge Waldemar Żurek, NSA Judge Aleksandra Wrzesińska-Nowacka, Prosecutor Jacek Bilewicz (“Lex Super Omnia”), Maciej Nowicki (President of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights), and PAP Chief Wojciech Tumidalski.
Holding Kaczyński Accountable
The fact that Trump cut off the source of dollars has severely affected, among others, “Krytyka Polityczna,” which often publishes anti-American texts, and the leftist Institute of Reportage by Mariusz Szczygieł. However, NED money has also been used by, among others, Salam Lab (Association of Laboratory of Action for Peace) fighting “Islamophobia” (in one of the articles on the association’s website, it is explained that the source of Islamophobia is… the lack of a Muslim community in a given country). Salam Lab publishes texts whitewashing Hamas and presenting this terrorist organization as a “social movement” that “implements a broad social and aid program, runs schools, clinics, and is strongly connected to the functioning of the poorest in particular.” The association also criticized the referendum accompanying the parliamentary elections in Poland, describing it as “an example of the brutalization of public debate.” And it called the video in which Mateusz Morawiecki speaks of Tusk as “the greatest threat to our security”… “incitement to hatred.”
From the public reports of the “Kultura Liberalna” Foundation by Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz, we learn that in the years 2020-2023, this entity also implemented projects financed by NED. Moreover, Wigura herself admitted on Facebook: “Donald Trump’s decision to suspend American aid for foreign organizations is spreading far and wide and also concerns us.” As part of one such project, an English-language database of “infographics that will illustrate the mechanisms of the rule of law crisis in Poland in a simple and attractive way” was created. The highest expression of the foundation’s “independence” was an interview posted on YouTube in December 2023 by a representative of “Kultura Liberalna” (sponsored by NED) with the aforementioned attorney Michał Wawrykiewicz (a NED scholarship holder). Of course, these affiliations were not mentioned, and the topic of the conversation was the need to hold PiS accountable.
Kuisz and Wigura were the authors of a January 2023 text published in the New York Times. “Poland is not the friend it seems in the West,” the title read. The authors warned Americans that the government in Poland is mistakenly perceived in the West as “good guys” because of its support for Ukraine. The most shocking was the postulate urging the Biden administration to suspend military aid to Poland during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Washington could make military aid—last year the US invested $288 million in the Polish army—contingent on [the Polish government—editor’s note] compliance with democratic standards and the rule of law,” wrote Kuisz and Wigura.
And when PiS lost power, at the end of 2023, Kuisz and Wigura (this time in the “Journal of Democracy,” the official journal of NED) indicated that the December 13 coalition “must deal with transitional justice,” focusing on “whether and how criminal suspects can be punished for specific acts.” And they wrote directly: “the leader of the Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczyński, must be held accountable,” adding that “other PiS politicians are taking the blame for his crimes.” Let us add here that NED is not the only source of foreign funding for “Kultura Liberalna.” The foundation has received grants from the European Commission, the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, the ZEIT Stiftung, and the Fritt Ord Foundation.
The calls to punish Kaczyński for his “crimes” sound even more shocking in the context of what Mike Benz (founder of the libertarian organization Foundation For Freedom Online) recently revealed on Joe Rogan’s show. Benz stated: “When Poland elected a president who was not friendly to them, NED began to push for the imprisonment of their political enemies (…). They (as a foreign entity) also provided a list of names [of people] who should be prosecuted by the government to prevent the current opposition from returning to power.”
Owsiak’s Auditor
There are so many foundations, associations, and individuals in Poland linked to USAID and NED that describing their projects could fill an entire weekly magazine. These include the Polish Migration Forum, which called not only for Poland to stop building a border wall but also for the demilitarization of the border zone (!). There’s also Martin Mycielski, associated with the Open Dialogue Foundation and KOD International, who completed the “USAID training program on combating corruption, transparency, and public integrity.” Another example is the “Watch DOCS” documentary film festival, which screened, among other things, an anti-PiS film titled Judges Under Pressure and hosted a meeting with activists from the Abortion Dream Team.
But there’s another interesting thread to this story. The official website of the company Audit C-Land states that it is one of only three companies operating in Poland approved by USAID to audit expenditures financed by the aid funds of this U.S. agency. Audit C-Land is a company co-owned since 2002 (and chaired since 2020) by Jan Mroczkowski—a long-time member of the supervisory board of Jerzy Owsiak’s company, Złoty Melon. The website also reveals that as early as 1996, Audit C-Land employees participated in the conference “USAID’s Audit Program for Indigenous Grantees and Contractors.”
The appearance of Audit C-Land’s website suggests that it has not been updated for a long time (though the company itself remains active and operational). Did Audit C-Land audit the use of USAID funds in recent years, or only during the first two decades of the Third Polish Republic? By the time this issue went to print, we were unable to verify this information, and the company did not even respond to our earlier inquiries, which we sent on February 4.
In a shocking display of political persecution, Romanian authorities have launched an aggressive legal assault on presidential frontrunner Călin Georgescu, the clear winner of the annulled December elections. Prosecutors have accused him of so-called “campaign finance irregularities,” “anti-Semitic rhetoric,” and even “threats to the constitutional order”—all conveniently vague charges often used to silence political opposition.
On Wednesday, Georgescu was dragged in for hours of interrogation over allegations that he founded an “anti-Semitic” organization, praised historical figures the regime disapproves of, and dared to challenge the establishment’s narrative. While the authorities stopped short of pre-trial detention, they placed him under judicial supervision and banned him from leaving the country—effectively keeping him under house arrest as the May election approaches.
His press team issued a statement pointing out the obvious: Georgescu was set to file his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election rerun on the very day of his detainment. The court-ordered redo of the December elections was based on flimsy claims of “social media disinformation,” showing just how terrified the ruling class is of losing its grip on power.
Mass Raids and Political Intimidation
Romanian authorities ramped up their intimidation tactics on the same day, raiding 47 locations tied to Georgescu’s allies. Among the targets was Horatiu Potra, a former Foreign Legion soldier and private security contractor, whose company provides security for Georgescu. Prosecutors claimed they found a “stash of weapons and cash” at his firm—a conveniently timed discovery that smells of a setup designed to smear the candidate and his inner circle.
Elon Musk Calls Out the Corruption
The establishment’s assault on democracy hasn’t gone unnoticed. Billionaire entrepreneur and free speech advocate Elon Musk—an ally of President Donald Trump—took to X to condemn the arrest.
“They just arrested the person who won the most votes in the Romanian presidential election,” Musk wrote. “This is messed up.”
They just arrested the person who won the most votes in the Romanian presidential election. This is messed up. https://t.co/hXjR4hrBcu
The Romanian deep state has been working overtime to derail Georgescu’s candidacy. In December, just two days before the second round of voting, the Constitutional Court shockingly annulled the first-round results, claiming Georgescu’s rise was influenced by “Russian-backed social media manipulation”—a now-familiar excuse used by globalist elites to discredit populist movements.
The first round of the new presidential election is set for May 4, with a runoff two weeks later. A mid-January Avangarde poll showed Georgescu leading with 38% support. However, with the deep state pulling every trick in the book, it remains to be seen whether the people of Romania will even be allowed to vote for the candidate they actually support.
In a shocking revelation, Stanisław Żaryn has exposed how Russian intelligence directly financed anti-government campaigns in Poland. An in-depth analysis of TVN24’s report “Rabota w Polsze”, shared by Żaryn on social media, uncovers what he calls “the massive scale of manipulation orchestrated by Donald Tusk’s government.”
The report highlights how, under the leadership of the United Right, Polish security services successfully countered Russian espionage and sabotage operations. However, following the opposition’s rise to power, security efforts shifted from a strong, proactive stance to a weak, reactive approach—leaving Poland vulnerable to foreign interference.
Russia Funded Anti-Government Slogans to Destabilize Poland
One of the most damning aspects of the report is the revelation that Russian intelligence actively financed attacks against Poland’s conservative leadership.
“Russian intelligence paid for personal attacks on the President of Poland and promoted the vulgar slogan ‘J…ć PiS’ (eng. ‘F..k PiS) The so-called ‘Eight Stars’ movement, characterized by its crude and aggressive rhetoric, was a central part of the opposition’s campaign against the PiS government. Now, these same forces have taken control of the country,”
Żaryn wrote.
He emphasized that this is not a new suspicion—evidence has been available for years, but it was conveniently ignored by pro-opposition media.
“Russia had a clear goal: to overthrow Poland’s conservative government. And they didn’t just support this effort—they financed it on a massive scale!”
he warned.
A Political Playbook Written in Cyrillic
The disturbing ties between the Polish left and Russian interests were further analyzed in a discussion on journalist Danuta Holecka’s program, featuring MEP Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik from the Confederation party and PiS MP Andrzej Śliwka.
Zajączkowska-Hernik noted that the infamous anti-PiS slogan emerged during protests over abortion laws, which she believes were exploited by foreign actors.
“I’m not surprised that some individuals had links to Russian interests. What’s suspicious is why this is being revealed now—perhaps to manage a larger crisis behind the scenes. We can’t rule out espionage, but what’s clear is that Poland’s left was used as a tool. The vulgar slogan was first linked to radical feminist movements, and history shows that intelligence services love to infiltrate such causes,”
she observed.
Meanwhile, Śliwka took a firm stance, exposing Civic Platform’s history of pro-Russian leanings.
“The so-called ‘Eight Stars’ movement was heavily promoted by celebrities and opposition activists, but the real mastermind behind it was Moscow. The entire campaign was scripted in Cyrillic, and much of Polish society was manipulated into spreading it. Civic Platform has a long history of cosying up to Russian interests while pretending to be pro-European. Their entire agenda was dedicated to weakening the government and serving external powers,”
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U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive at the White House on Friday to sign a partnership agreement on exploiting Ukraine’s natural resources.
“It’s confirmed now. We’re going to sign an agreement that will be a very big deal,” Trump said during the first meeting of his cabinet at the White House. He noted that the agreement would concern “rare earth metals and other things.”
“The previous administration put us in a very bad situation, but we managed to finalize a deal that will let us get our money back—and in the future, we’ll make a lot of money,” the president added.
According to a recent BIG InfoMonitor report, the number of indebted companies in Poland has surpassed 331,000—a 12.3% increase compared to the previous year. The data show that around 5% of businesses across various industries are now listed in the BIG InfoMonitor Debtors Register or are failing to repay their loans.
At the end of 2024, total overdue liabilities—defined as debts of at least 500 PLN that are more than 30 days overdue—exceeded 43.8 billion PLN. Despite this concerning figure, the report notes that the pace of debt growth slowed compared to 2023. Between January and December 2024, overdue debts increased by 1.95 billion PLN (4.7%), whereas during the entire 2023 period, the rise stood at 2.4 billion PLN (6%).
Leading and Improving Sectors
Trade tops the list of most indebted sectors, with nearly 9 billion PLN in overdue payments.
Industry follows at 6.9 billion PLN, while construction and TSL (transport, shipping, and logistics) each owe over 5.6 billion PLN and 3.3 billion PLN respectively.
Other sectors reporting debts above 2 billion PLN include professional, scientific, and technical services, real estate services, and HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, catering).
On a positive note, debts in construction declined by 421 million PLN year on year, and in industry, overdue sums dropped by 391 million PLN. Debt also decreased in mining and extraction (by 60.5 million PLN) and agriculture (by 4.6 million PLN).
Highest Share of Troubled Firms TSL remains the sector with the largest proportion of companies in financial difficulties—9% of all transport businesses face serious debt challenges. This is largely due to a drop in freight prices coupled with rising fuel costs and driver wages. Additionally, there are an estimated 100,000 job vacancies in the transport sector.
Companies in mining and extraction, as well as those managing water supply and waste, rank second with 7.6% of firms in debt. Meanwhile, 6% of businesses in gastronomy and accommodation also struggle with overdue liabilities. One standout trend is the 32% surge in educational sector debts, reaching nearly 280 million PLN, as schools and universities face demographic shifts, lower enrollment, and increasing operational expenses.
President of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski has addressed a forceful letter to Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar regarding the ongoing investigation into an alleged coup attempt. In it, Święczkowski demands that all procedural steps be carried out exclusively by “legally appointed Deputy Prosecutors General.”
Investigation into Alleged Coup
On Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Prosecutor General, Anna Adamiak, announced that Prosecutor Dariusz Korneluk had forwarded Bogdan Święczkowski’s notification of a suspected coup attempt to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw. According to Adamiak, the goal was for the office to review and possibly proceed with the investigation.
However, in a letter dated February 26, 2025, Święczkowski criticizes this decision. He insists that only “legally appointed” Deputy Prosecutors General can conduct the probe—specifically referring to Deputy Prosecutor General for Organized Crime and Corruption Beata Marczak, after Bodnar allegedly suspended Deputy Prosecutor General Michał Ostrowski.
“I demand…” – Święczkowski’s Key Demands
“I demand, on the basis of Article 9 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, that all procedural steps in the indicated investigation be taken exclusively by legally appointed Deputy Prosecutors General,” writes Święczkowski in his letter. He underscores that the case in question was initiated on February 5, 2025, by Deputy Prosecutor General Michał Ostrowski, who is now, in Święczkowski’s view, “unlawfully suspended.”
Święczkowski further argues that both Adam Bodnar, as Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General, and Dariusz Korneluk fall within the circle of individuals under suspicion in the investigation. Citing that fact, he maintains they should be excluded from taking any procedural actions in the case.
Allegations of Unlawful Appointments
The President of the Constitutional Tribunal also criticizes personnel changes in the prosecutorial system, claiming they were executed illegally after December 13, 2023. He contends that the appointment of Dariusz Korneluk as National Prosecutor (Prokurator Krajowy) was “unlawful,” pointing to Dariusz Barski as the legitimate holder of that position.
“Changes made in the National Prosecutor’s Office after December 13, 2023—particularly removing the duly appointed Dariusz Barski from the position of National Prosecutor and installing Dariusz Korneluk in his place—were carried out in violation of the law,” Święczkowski states. According to him, since Korneluk lacks legitimate authority, any moves he makes—such as forwarding the case to the District Prosecutor’s Office—could be deemed part of the suspected unlawful activity referenced in the original notification of an attempted coup.
Call for Proper Jurisdiction
Święczkowski concludes by insisting that, given “the gravity of the case and the circle of those suspected,” it must be investigated by the prosecutorial branch dealing with organized crime. More specifically, he wants Deputy Prosecutor General for Organized Crime and Corruption Beata Marczak to lead the probe, emphasizing that only individuals appointed before December 13, 2023, should conduct any procedural steps.
This latest development adds another layer of complexity to an already high-stakes investigation. It underscores ongoing disputes over legitimacy within Poland’s top judicial and prosecutorial bodies, setting the stage for a potentially contentious legal and constitutional showdown in the weeks and months ahead.
Romania’s presidential election crisis deepens as independent candidate Călin Georgescu is arrested before re-registering. Allegations of foreign influence, institutional interference, and EU scrutiny raise concerns over the country’s democratic future.
Romania has been thrown into political chaos following the unexpected victory of independent candidate Călin Georgescu in the first round of the annulled presidential elections. The Constitutional Court initially upheld the results despite allegations of foreign influence but later invalidated the entire election process. Reports suggested that “Russian actors” had interfered in the campaign, only for independent investigations to later reveal that Georgescu’s TikTok campaign was actually backed by the National Liberal Party, a member of the European People’s Party (EPP). On February 26, as Georgescu was on his way to re-register for the rescheduled elections, he was detained by police and taken in for questioning regarding alleged financial irregularities.
European Institutions and the Future of Romanian Democracy
The European Commission has launched an investigation into TikTok’s role in the elections under the Digital Services Act, while the Venice Commission admitted that there was no evidence of foreign influence. “Financial Times” reported that authorities detained suspected mercenaries linked to Georgescu’s supporters, only to later release them due to a lack of evidence. Meanwhile, the resignation of President Klaus Johannis led to a power vacuum, now filled by Senate President Ilie Bolojan. With a new election set for May 4, many fear Romania is moving away from democracy. As former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton remarked, sometimes “democratic decisions” require “corrections.”
General Leon Komornicki calls for the immediate reinstatement of universal conscription in Poland, advocating for eight months of military training for all citizens as part of national education.
General Leon Komornicki, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, has called for the immediate reinstatement of universal conscription. He advocates for an eight-month military training program for all citizens—both men and women—as part of a national defense education system. According to him, this experience should also be a prerequisite for those aspiring to high-ranking positions in politics and business. “In my opinion, all politicians should include this point in their election campaigns. They should speak with one voice, in the interest of Poland, that this must be done,” Komornicki stated in an interview with Radio Zet.
Military Service as an Extension of National Education
The general emphasized that compulsory military training should become an integral part of the national education system. “We have basic education, secondary school, and after that, everyone should go to the army for eight months, both women and men, as the next stage of defense education,” he explained. He further stressed that the program would be well-organized, engaging, and led by experienced instructors, ensuring both military and civilian preparation. “This can all be excellently arranged to align with civilian training. That way, an additional level of knowledge is gained, which is very important,” he added.
