Poland Detains Energy Official Suspected of Spying for Russia

Poland Detains Energy Official Suspected of Spying for Russia
Workers constructing pipes at the Nord Stream 2 facility in Sassnitz, Germany, on October 19, 2017 Carsten Koall/Getty Images
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WARSAW—Poland’s security agents have detained a government official on suspicion of providing Russia with secrets about tactics Warsaw planned to use to try to block the construction of a gas pipeline, the Polish government said on Monday.

Stanislaw Zaryn, spokesman for the minister responsible for the secret services, told state broadcaster TVP Info that the man had been detained on Friday, and that a court had approved his detention the following day for up to three months.