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Poland adopts amended Kremlin influence law

https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-president-andrzej-duda-law-adoption-russia-influence/

Polish opposition says the law could be used to target its leader Donald Tusk ahead of an upcoming election.

Poland adopts amended Kremlin influence law

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/999427

Archived version: https://archive.ph/bUcTB
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230803110321/https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-president-andrzej-duda-law-adoption-russia-influence/

5 comments

Duke_Nukem_1990

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TL;DR?

1bluepixel

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The Polish Parliament has adopted a law that will create a commission to investigate Russian interference in Polish affairs over the last decade and a half. The law was toned down a bit, but the opposition is still concerned it could be used against them in upcoming elections.

Duke_Nukem_1990

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Thanks. So surface level this sounds like a good thing, right?

1bluepixel

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I would think so. Means Poland is taking extra steps to weed itself of Russian influence. One step further in isolating themselves from Russian interference.

navorth

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On a surface level, yes. The initial proposal (I'm not sure how the final version looks like) gave the commission an ability to ban someone from participating in politics without a trial or evidence.

Done by the current government, this will be a giant smear campaign against the opposition.