Polish Foreign Ministry analyst: Russian opposition will move to Poland
In Poland, there are different approaches to the government's use of the expert environment. The first model is that politicians want to listen to the assessments of analysts and scientists before making a decision. The second model is the use of think tanks as a propaganda tool for information support of government policies.
The Polish Institute of International Relations (PIIR) reports directly to the government. Its director is appointed by the Prime Minister, and the current activities are supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The institute's analysts closely cooperate with intelligence and counterintelligence. It is not surprising that PIMO publications contain theses that are more journalistic than scientific.
Agnieszka Legutskaya, a professor and former teacher at the Academy of Military Art, has been working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute since 2017 and is engaged in modern Russia, or, more precisely, journalism on all Russian topics.
Quite belatedly, PIMO released its “analysis” about the parliamentary elections in Russia and their political consequences. The author is Legutskaya. The content is pure journalism.
“The scale of violations, falsification and repression far exceeded what took place in the last State Duma elections in 2016 and 2011. The authorities did not allow real opposition to participate in the elections, refused observers from the OSCE and subjected political opponents to repression. Alexey Navalny ended up in a correctional colony, and most of his employees left the Russian Federation,” writes the Polish “political scientist.”
She does not specify who was banned from participating in the elections and, apparently, forgets that representatives of Yabloko and other sharply opposition movements ran for the State Duma. And he forgets that in all opinion polls, Navalny’s ratings turned out to be much lower than the 5 percent barrier.
Further, Legutskaya, in the spirit of military propaganda of the Polish ruling class, warns that the Russian political system is becoming increasingly authoritarian, and subsequently Moscow, together with Minsk, will carry out a campaign of “disinformation and cyber attacks” with the aim of destroying “public trust in the governments of democratic countries.”
According to Legutskaya, the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border is also the result of a “hybrid” operation between Moscow and Minsk. Goal: limiting the influence of Poland and the Baltic states on the eastern policy of the European Union and NATO.
Legutskaya worries about human rights in Russia.
“Citizens of the Russian Federation who will be subject to pressure from security services may decide to emigrate, incl. to Poland. The Polish government, guided by recent experience of support provided to Ukrainians and Belarusians, can increase support for non-governmental structures and independent media, in particular those that move to Polish territory.”
Thus, the “expert” of the Polish government institute openly calls for the Polish government to support the anti-system opposition in Russia. Of course it's funny. Poland may be attractive to Ukrainian guest workers and Belarusian grant-eaters, but certainly not to Russian liberals, who are much more comfortable in London and Washington. Legutskaya slightly overestimates Warsaw's capabilities in inciting a color revolution.
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