On 13 December, Poland’s National Security Bureau announced the re‑publication of a 2023 State Commission report on Russian influence on the country’s internal security, a document first released by PiS‑backed officials ahead of the parliamentary elections.
BBN Restores State Commission Report on Russian Influence
On Saturday 13 December, the National Security Bureau notified that the State Commission’s report on Russian influences on the internal security of Poland from 2007‑2022 has been returned to public circulation. The announcement appeared on the X platform. Nearly two years after its initial online release on 29 November 2023—before the report was withdrawn from the KPRM website in January 2024—the full document is now made available. It focuses on contacts between the Military Counterintelligence Service and the Russian Federal Security Service during 2010‑2014.
Report Targeted Donald Tusk and Co.
The commission, headed by Sławomir Cenckiewicz—now director of BBN—was established at PiS’s initiative in 2023. Its members included Cenckiewicz, Andrzej Kowalski, Łukasz Cięgotura, Arkadiusz Puławski, Marek Szymaniak, Michał Wojnowski, Andrzej Zybertowicz and Przemysław Żurawski (Grajewski). The “report‑part” released just before the 2023 parliamentary elections advised against appointing Donald Tusk, Jack Cichocki, Bogdan Klich, Tomasz Siemoniak or Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz to government posts, citing the Russian FSS’s partner status in 2010‑2014. After the elections, before the new coalition government was sworn in on 29 November 2023, members of the commission were dismissed by a Sejm majority composed of KO, the Left and the Third Way, and a new commission was constituted. In August 2024, President Andrzej Duda vetoed a bill to dissolve the commission that had been established under PiS rule.
Stróżyk Commission Focuses on Document Analysis
Following the 2023 elections, the parliamentary majority appointed General Jarosław Stróżyk to chair a new commission. Unlike Cenckiewicz’s body, Stróżyk’s commission lacked investigative powers and did not conduct hearings. Its mandate involved analysing state documents—including classified material—scientific studies and expert reports. The commission released two reports before being dissolved in 2025.
