Expert believes Poland has always been locomotive of pulling Ukraine into the sphere of West influence

The former head of the Polish government, Donald Tusk, accused the country’s current PM Mateusz Morawiecki of working for Russian intelligence. Commenting on this news during his talk with Alfa Radio, political analyst Aleksandr Shpakovsky noted that political games in Poland, as in many other states, are being played, with politicians actively using the theme of Russia.

“Russia has become a factor in many countries’ politics, being used as a bogey to intimidate ordinary people,” said the expert. “To discredit their opponents, both sides [in Poland] will use some connections with Russia, and it is obvious that they will try to pound a square peg into a round hole. Of course, Morawiecki and the Polish regime as a whole are pursuing a distinct anti-Russian policy in military, political terms, in every sense. In the modern world, Poland is one of the main hawks, including in the context of the analysis of the Ukrainian conflict and everything that is happening around it. Even the first Maidan in Ukraine was strongly stimulated by the Polish elites. There was the role of the Polish former president Kwasniewski, let alone 2014. Poland has always been the locomotive of pulling Ukraine into the sphere of influence of the West, in fact, as I put it, the raider seizure of this country.”

At the same time, the political scientist drew attention to the fact that trade with Russia, no matter what they say from the political stands, continues. And this is relevant for the financial and political groups of the two countries. “Businesses are looking for loopholes to keep their profits. Capital is largely transnational. If some restrictions are created, and on one and the other side of the border there are smart guys who figure out how to get around the restrictions, and successfully bypass them, while receiving super profits, because the exposed slingshots affect the cost of the goods,” Aleksandr Shpakovsky summed up.