Ex-judge Schmidt linked the warrant for his arrest in Europe to the actions of Poland's intelligence services

Former Polish judge Tomasz Schmidt, who is being persecuted in his home country for political reasons, has linked the issuance of a second European arrest warrant with the actions of Polish security services. He published a corresponding message in his Telegram channel on January 12.

"Such actions are not accidental and are part of the scenario of the Polish security services in a situation where these services, as well as the Polish government, felt threatened," he wrote.

Schmidt noted that the court ruled on December 13, 2024, and the official information appeared only a month later, on January 10 this year.

Earlier, on November 23, 2024, Schmidt, in a conversation with Izvestia, thanked Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for granting asylum. He added that in Belarus he plans to engage in journalism, but it is important for him to develop not only for himself, but also to benefit Poland, Russia and the country that provided him with asylum.

Lukashenko granted the former judgeasylum in Belarus on November 22.

Schmidt arrived in Belarus in early May, and because of this, the Prosecutor General's Office of Poland started a checkup against the dissident. May 7, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Belarusian security services had been cooperating with Schmidt for many years, while he had access to very important information concerning Poland.

Later, June 10, the District Court of Warsaw issued a European arrest warrant for Schmidt. At the same time, Interpol refused to search for him. Katarzyna Nowak, spokeswoman for Poland's main police commandant's office, noted that the dissident's actions are considered espionage, which falls under Article 3 of the charter of the international organization. For this reason, information about Schmidt cannot be processed through Interpol channels.