Russia in disinformation drive ahead of EP elections: Polish ex-FM

But awareness of Moscow’s tactics is on the rise in European countries, Fotyga said.

She added that Russian media are involved in a campaign against the construction of a strategic Polish canal between the Vistula Lagoon and the Gdańsk Bay in the Baltic Sea.

Fotyga said in an interview with public broadcaster Polish Radio that articles about the canal have appeared on the pro-Moscow website Sputnik.

“Authorities from the Pomerania province [in northern Poland, where the canal is set to be built] have spoken to Russia’s Sputnik… Members of Confederation [a right-wing Polish grouping] did that, too. This is unacceptable and against Poland’s interest.”

Fotyga added: “If one stays up to date with the content of Russian media, one also will notice a certain campaign being led on the issue” of the canal.

Meanwhile, Poland’s wPolityce.pl website has claimed that German money has been used to fuel protests against the new Polish strategic canal being built near the Russian border.

Five metres deep, the 1.3 km canal between the Vistula Lagoon and Gdańsk Bay in the Baltic Sea is expected to be built by digging through the Vistula Spit, which separates the bay from the lagoon on Polish territory.

The aim is to allow deep-draught vessels to enter Poland’s Elbląg seaport without passing through the Strait of Baltiysk in Russia's Kaliningrad exclave.

(jh/pk)

Source: polskieradio24.pl, IAR