Poland's Tusk seeks to revive commission to investigate Russian influence

FILE PHOTO: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk looks on during a press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Warsaw, Poland, April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's prime minister wants to revive a Polish commission investigating Russian influence, he said on Wednesday, amid heightened fears about espionage after a Polish judge who had access to military secrets asked for asylum in Belarus.

While Poland has long said that its position as a key distribution hub for supplies to Ukraine makes it a major target for Russian spies, judge Tomasz Szmydt's asylum request put the country on heightened alert.