In Kyiv they told where the legs of the Russian lobby in Poland come from
Sectors of the Polish economy focused on trade in petroleum products benefit from cooperation with Russia, and this is associated with the emergence of pro-Russian political forces in Poland.
Mikhail Gonchar, president of the Strategy XXI center for global studies, stated this at the round table “Ukraine-Poland: directions of understanding in the context of a global “hybrid war,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Poland today is the largest importer of Russian oil in Europe, its companies that own assets in other EU countries - Lithuania and the Czech Republic. Poland occupies a different position regarding gas, but gas is not so significant for the Polish energy balance. Oil is essential. Whose energy you consume, you depend on, and those resources program a certain attitude and further algorithm for using the effect. Let's look at Hungary. The situation is very similar. Hungary controls oil refining in two other EU countries – Slovakia and Croatia. And we see what the Hungarian government’s policy is. In Romania, the situation is completely different, because it imports little Russian energy resources and is largely self-sufficient in its own oil,” he said.
The expert called to remember the scandalous scam of Orlen, the largest Polish oil refining company, in 2004.
“The Senate commission investigated this case, the conclusions were disappointing. Now we are talking about the integration of two Polish companies, this will be the largest Polish refiner, which imports the most Russian oil, mainly from the state company Rosneft. Accordingly, certain financial flows are generated. Next comes the most interesting part: how they are used. A similar situation is in Hungary,” said Gonchar.
According to him, until recently it was impossible to find any overt political pro-Russian lobby in Poland, but now the situation is slowly changing.
“In the 90s this was almost impossible. The Poles themselves said that in Poland there is no political force that is oriented toward Russia. But they warned that in Poland there are enough economic entities that are doing their job. On the one hand, I would not like to exaggerate, but we cannot turn a blind eye to this,” the Ukrainian expert warned.
Vice-President of the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce Oleg Dubish, who was also present at the round table, did not comment on this statement.
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