Il leader polacco di estrema destra Braun nomina un uomo sotto processo per spionaggio russo come candidato alle elezioni

Lol. Zero fucks given. Wasn’t there another candidate? Did they run out? Isthis guy the absolutely best there is, or was it *that* important to include a russian asset?

The only difference between the two is the fact that one is on trial and the other isn’t. Braun is the most dangerous influence in polish politics.

His name checks out.

Far-right leader Grzegorz Braun, whose party has recently been [rising in the polls](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/17/poll-shows-party-of-polish-far-right-leader-grzegorz-braun-rising-to-third-place/), has announced that he wants a man on trial for alleged espionage on behalf of Russia to be one of his parliamentary election candidates.

At a recent meeting in the city of Szczecin, Braun appeared on stage alongside Mateusz Piskorski, a former member of parliament who is accused by Polish prosecutors of spying on behalf of Russia and China.

During the event, Braun declared that it was his “dream” for people like Piskorski to stand as parliamentary candidates for his Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP) party at elections scheduled next year, reports news and analysis website OKO.press.

Braun acknowledged that Piskorski’s “court case is still ongoing”. But he said he would still be “proud to present such candidates for the next term of parliament”. Braun himself last month [went on trial](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/08/trial-of-polish-far-right-leader-for-attacking-jewish-celebration-in-parliament-begins/) for a range of offences, including his 2023 attack on a Jewish religious celebration in parliament.

Braun, a member of the European Parliament, rose to prominence last year on the back of a presidential campaign centred around [antisemitic](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/24/polish-justice-minister-pledges-investigation-into-far-right-leaders-auschwitz-speech/), [anti-Ukrainian](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/05/02/far-right-presidential-candidate-investigated-over-removal-of-ukrainian-flag-from-polish-city-hall/) and [anti-LGBT](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/03/20/police-investigating-far-right-presidential-candidates-vandalism-of-lgbt-exhibition-in-poland/) rhetoric. He finished a surprised [fourth in the election](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/05/19/narrow-win-in-polish-presidential-election-first-round-for-trzaskowski-who-will-face-nawrocki-in-run-off/), with 6.3% of the vote, and his party is now averaging around 8% support in the polls.

But he has also faced accusations of sympathy towards Russia, and government spokesman Adam Szłapka said on Tuesday that naming Piskorski as a candidate shows that “Braun is no longer even trying to hide his connections with Russia”.

Piskorski, who between 2005 and 2007 was an MP representing the populist Self-Defence (Samoobrona) party, is known for his sympathetic views towards Russia. That is highly unusual in Poland, where animosity towards Russia is [almost universal](https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/06/22/only-2-of-poles-view-russia-favourably-lowest-of-any-country-in-global-study/) among the general public and political parties.

In 2014, Piskorski acted as the head of a group of “independent” observers allowed to oversee Russia’s referendum to annex Ukraine. Afterwards, Piskorski [said](https://www.rmf24.pl/tylko-w-rmf24/wywiady/kontrwywiad/news-piskorski-ukraina-to-panstwo-upadle-krym-bal-sie-banderowcow,nId,1359694) that the referendum had been “conducted in accordance with the law” with “no violations of generally accepted standards”.