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00:00:01The problem I have with Ukraine and Russia is that a large
00:00:05portion of diesel comes from Russia, and its price
00:00:09is soaring. Russian facilities are being attacked by Ukraine.
00:00:12I asked President Zelensky not to attack diesel production
00:00:16facilities or refineries. Diesel prices are rising because
00:00:20it's difficult for it to leave Russia, and this situation is harming the entire
00:00:23world.
00:00:26The words of the President of the United States were commented on by a morning guest. I would expect
00:00:41the President of the United States to rather call on President
00:00:45Putin not to attack civilians, not
00:00:48to commit genocide every day, not to
00:00:52restrain President Zelensky from defending
00:00:55his country, but also to defend the entire European
00:00:58potential. This shows very
00:01:00clearly
00:01:05the priorities of the President of the United States. It is not
00:01:08about the actual defense
00:01:11of European and also
00:01:14transatlantic interests, because the United States
00:01:17and Europe should be absolutely united in this
00:01:21regard. Radosław Piesiewicz may be
00:01:25recalled today from his position as president of the Polish Olympic
00:01:28Committee. At 1:00 PM in Warsaw,
00:01:31the PKOl board will convene, which, based on
00:01:35its statute, may make such a decision.
00:01:39If this happens, arrested Piesiewicz will be replaced
00:01:43until the end of the current term by one of the eight vice-presidents
00:01:46of the committee. The current head of PKOl was arrested,
00:01:50let us recall, on August 27 in Warsaw as part of the investigation into
00:01:54the Zonda Crypto scandal. The cryptocurrency exchange was a general
00:01:57sponsor from October last year. Paid
00:02:05protection and satisfying a group of Zonda
00:02:08Crypto creditors to the detriment of others in connection with
00:02:11impending insolvency.
00:02:15In the news, we're changing the subject, a moment all her fans
00:02:19have been waiting for. Céline Dion stood on
00:02:22stage again. The Canadian singer began her long-awaited
00:02:25series of concerts
00:02:27in Paris.
00:02:39Saturday's performance was her first full concert in
00:02:42six years. Céline Dion will appear on stage again
00:02:46on September 16, and will later play
00:02:49These 10 more concerts. The last one is scheduled for October 14. In total,
00:02:53half a million people will attend the performances.
00:02:56The news of the artist's return to the stage caused true euphoria
00:03:00among her fans. All concerts
00:03:03great feat. Well, looking at are sold out, and tickets can only be purchased
00:03:05through resale. Céline Dion had to limit
00:03:08her stage activity due to
00:03:11anti-guerrilla ones, NATO health problems. In 2022,
00:03:14she announced that she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person
00:03:17Syndrome. This is a rare neurological disease that
00:03:21can cause painful muscle spasms and affect,
00:03:24among other things, the ability
00:03:26to sing.
00:03:31And with this information, we conclude the news at 8:00 AM. Céline Dion
00:03:35fans are celebrating, but all of Paris is also celebrating, because even
00:03:38a metro station was beautifully decorated. It's certainly
00:03:42worth revisiting these moments and this music. If
00:03:45the world were only like this, it would be wonderful. Weronika Bigus,
00:03:49thank you very much, this was the news. Indeed, the
00:03:52Russian drone attack near the Polish border is part of a broader,
00:03:56disturbing trend in Russia's actions towards the region, said
00:04:00with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. In response to the incident, the Head of
00:04:02Government convened a special briefing for services
00:04:06ministers participating. Now we ask Michał
00:04:09Hetman, who is in Lublin, what actions are
00:04:12being taken at the governmental and local government levels, because today
00:04:16you spoke with
00:04:17the Deputy Voivode.
00:04:22So let's start with this trend, this trend
00:04:24is disturbingly expanding, it is constantly
00:04:27escalating, we can see here... in Lublin clearly since
00:04:312022, when the Russians
00:04:35attacked Ukraine. Russia may use
00:04:39unprecedented equipment, including jet
00:04:42drones, says Prime Minister Donald Tusk. These
00:04:46reports, CIA reports, intelligence
00:04:49reports of North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, including ours and the Baltic
00:04:52states, are disturbing, speaking of possible
00:04:56escalation, therefore it is so important that in these
00:04:59difficult times, one does not turn away
00:05:03from their allies and to be in this all
00:05:06together, said the Prime Minister.
00:05:10We will also consider y...
00:05:13together how to mobilize
00:05:17our allies. We do not want to fall
00:05:20into a nervous
00:05:21mood
00:05:24and emotions are least advisable here, but there is no
00:05:28doubt that we must be prepared with our allies
00:05:32for a joint reaction if such a
00:05:36need arises.
00:05:40As for the readiness of the troops, there are many
00:05:44things we will not learn, and it's good that
00:05:47we won't, because then the enemy would know
00:05:50more, and we don't want that. We do know for sure, however, that
00:05:54yesterday the procedures worked correctly, that the exchange
00:05:58of sirens from analog to digital is still ongoing,
00:06:01thanks to which there are no longer situations like just a few months
00:06:05ago, when residents of one municipality learned about a potential
00:06:09threat fifteen minutes after
00:06:13their neighbors did. Now everything works much faster, much
00:06:16better. By the end of the year, the siren issue is to be completely
00:06:20closed. Evacuation procedures for border crossings also worked
00:06:23correctly, said the Deputy Voivode of Lublin, Wojciech
00:06:27Wołoch. The procedures worked, the system
00:06:30worked, and the services also worked, even
00:06:33in these tangential elements such as verifying potential
00:06:37threats. Let's remember that there were also reports of these. Everyone
00:06:40is learning these
00:07:12procedures in case of another escalation. Let's hope that
00:07:16there will be as few opportunities as possible to test these procedures,
00:07:20however, as we hear from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister,
00:07:23unfortunately we must prepare for the worst-case
00:07:27scenarios.
00:07:47the situation in which Radosław Piesiewicz found himself. As you
00:07:51know, he is detained for three
00:07:54months. Now, the appeal against the temporary arrest
00:07:57of the president of the Polish Olympic
00:08:00Committee will be heard today before the District Court in
00:08:04Katowice. Piesiewicz is in three-month detention in
00:08:08connection with charges including paid protection in the Zonda
00:08:12case. These information on this topic is being collected by Ewelina
00:08:15Lachwięcek, who is currently in Katowice. Please
00:08:18tell us, Ewelina, how does the defense argue this
00:08:22appeal?
00:08:25Good morning, I welcome you. In no way does it argue,
00:08:28because the defenders constantly refer to
00:08:31their chosen tactics. We don't know if, for example, at this first stage,
00:08:35when the first arrest hearing took place, they requested
00:08:39non-custodial precautionary measures. We don't know if, but it is to be expected.
00:08:50The prosecutor requested at this first stage, when Radosław
00:08:54Piesiewicz was interrogated,
00:08:56he requested a three-month temporary arrest, and the court
00:09:00granted this request, really justifying it by
00:09:02giving three arguments. First,
00:09:05the severity of the sentence hanging over Radosław Piesiewicz
00:09:09for the alleged acts he was supposed to have committed.
00:09:13We are talking here about paid protection, because this is a crime
00:09:16punishable by up to eight years of imprisonment, which is
00:09:20already a very high sentence. But the court also justified that there is
00:09:23a possibility of Radosław Piesiewicz influencing other people who will testify
00:09:27in this investigation, and we know that this investigation has
00:09:30accelerated recently, and there are more people arrested
00:09:33at the moment, and we know there will be further arrests. In other
00:09:37words, the court had concerns about
00:09:41tampering in this case by Radosław...
00:09:49that there is a very high probability of the alleged
00:09:52acts being committed, so we are talking here about this paid protection. I remind
00:09:56you that, according to investigators, Radosław Piesiewicz was to have used
00:10:00his influence in the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.
00:10:03He did this, he was to have done it at the request of Przemysław Kral, the
00:10:06president of Zonda Crypto, and in return he received the infamous
00:10:10watch worth almost 180,000 PLN. Radosław
00:10:13Piesiewicz says that he has such a watch and it is in his possession, but
00:10:17he paid for it in cash. Besides, Radosław Piesiewicz has been saying from the very beginning that he is
00:10:21innocent, that the whole situation, the whole situation, is a
00:10:24political attack. But the second charge, that's
00:10:28here a matter related to Radosław Piesiewicz
00:10:31recovering all the money invested on the Zonda
00:10:35crypto exchange at the expense of other creditors, other clients,
00:10:38who at that time were losing money, because Zonda Crypto was already in
00:10:42a very difficult situation, it was simply insolvent. What the court's
00:10:46decision will be, we don't know. At 10:30 AM,
00:10:50the court hearing will begin. Will Radosław Piesiewicz
00:10:53appear here? It is expected that he will, but it is
00:10:56not required. Defenders may appear
00:11:00who will, of course,
00:11:03represent the president of the Polish Olympic
00:11:05Committee. Ewelina Lachwięcek, thank
00:11:09you very much. Radosław Piesiewicz claims he is innocent in this whole
00:11:13situation.
00:11:15We are not entirely convinced, and I think the members of the Polish Olympic
00:11:19Committee are not convinced either, since they have already decided
00:11:22that they will deal with recalling the president. Robert
00:11:26Elgendi is next to me. Today,
00:11:29the board will meet to recall the president of the Polish
00:11:33Committee, primarily to enable PKOl
00:11:36to function normally, because the Youth Olympic Games are approaching,
00:11:40and it would be truly difficult to operate in such an organization
00:11:44without a leader who makes the ultimate crucial decisions. I remind
00:11:47you that it is responsible for all formal aspects
00:11:51regarding registering athletes, ensuring accreditation
00:11:54or... all required tests, for example, which also need
00:11:58to be done for such large sports events as the Olympic
00:12:01Games or the Youth Games, which will start in Dakar in October,
00:12:04are required, and behind all of this stand
00:12:08decisions and the entire logistics managed
00:12:12by PKOl. That's why today at 1:00 PM, the presidium
00:12:14of the board is meeting to elect
00:12:18someone who will serve until the end of the term, because there were voices that
00:12:22perhaps a general assembly
00:12:25should be scheduled, which would
00:12:29appoint a new president, hold elections, so that a
00:12:33new name would appear for another full
00:12:36term, but rather the majority is inclined to
00:12:39appoint someone today to finish the term,
00:12:43meaning they will act as president until April. Among
00:12:47those who can hold this position are vice-presidents. On the
00:12:50list of names mentioned are, among others,
00:12:54Tomasz Chamera, who is the vice-president of the Polish Sailing Association,
00:12:58or Otylia Jędrzejczak, head of the Swimming
00:13:01Association, Sports Director of Polsat Television Marian Kmita,
00:13:05that's a strong name, it's been circulating for many, many years in the context of
00:13:09managing Polish sports, so he's
00:13:12also mentioned here, of course, the vice-president and honorary president of the Fencing
00:13:15Federation Adam Konopka, president of
00:13:18the Polish Rowing Association Adam
00:13:21Korol, and also the president of the Polish
00:13:25Olympians Association Mieczysław Nowicki, who is currently replacing
00:13:28President Piesiewicz, at Piesiewicz's request, because there was such a proposal
00:13:32from his side, actually no he declared that he
00:13:35wanted to lead to all these meetings, to all these
00:13:39possible meetings, at which these proper
00:13:42elections, for example, today, would be held.
00:13:45He himself does not aspire to take over the helm at all,
00:13:49so Mr. Mieczysław Nowicki has expressed himself this
00:13:52way so far. Therefore, there is also
00:13:56honorary president Henryk Olszewski. I remind
00:13:58you, the term, well, there was also the former head of the
00:14:02wrestling association Andrzej Supron among
00:14:05this group. The term
00:14:08would normally end in April, so now
00:14:11probably elections will begin, a
00:14:14campaign will begin. Robert Korzeniowski talks a lot about this,
00:14:18declaring his desire to take over the leadership of the Polish
00:14:21Olympic Committee. For now, from the perspective
00:14:25of an observer, he doesn't express himself
00:14:29too categorically,
00:14:31but anyway, we have Maja Włoszczowska, who holds
00:14:35an honorary position there and is such a link, so I think
00:14:39Maja can be calm about what is happening here, trusting that our
00:14:43structures will indeed gather themselves, because it's about image, it's also about streamlining,
00:14:46so that these people who are in that well-known building, working, can
00:14:50continue to perform their duties. So today at 1:00 PM,
00:14:53the debate will probably begin. The new vice-presidents will have to decide which
00:14:57of them will take on this role, and we'll see.
00:15:00We waited a long time for this meeting, right, because we waited a long time for Radosław
00:15:04Piesiewicz to organize a general assembly that would
00:15:08elect a new president, and where there would also be a discussion about his
00:15:11role in the PKA, and only now, when Radosław Piesiewicz is
00:15:15in custody, has such a thing been organized. Well,
00:15:18according to this statute, such are the rights. This statute has also been
00:15:22repeatedly challenged by media circles and
00:15:25others. Anyway, the discussion on this
00:15:28among Olympians has also been going on for
00:15:31years, that these regulations that govern this statute are also not
00:15:35entirely clear. That they give such
00:15:38great autonomy generally, that other bodies
00:15:42find it difficult to penetrate. This
00:15:44is not
00:15:46an isolated story, because that's how
00:15:48the football structure works worldwide,
00:15:52not only, because the Polish Football Association is also like a state within a state, as it is commonly
00:15:56said. You know perfectly well, as a journalist who has
00:15:59sports in your heart, that this is how it works. PKOl has the same, so now this
00:16:03current situation, under Article 21 of this
00:16:07statute, allows for the election until
00:16:10the end of the term, to entrust this function to one of the vice-presidents,
00:16:14because the current one cannot serve, well, for obvious reasons he was
00:16:18detained for three months, so it is not
00:16:21possible to lead, but formally in
00:16:24the KRS he will still function. Robert Elgendi,
00:16:27thank you very much. In two places today, the case of Radosław Piesiewicz will
00:16:31be decided, both in Katowice regarding
00:16:33the appeal concerning the arrest, and at
00:16:37the headquarters of the Polish Olympic
00:16:53compare the level of
00:16:56danger and threat,
00:16:59comparing it to drones that flew over
00:17:02Polish territory, with these situations that happened
00:17:05yesterday. What is more appealing to
00:17:09our imagination and what is more dangerous? I
00:17:13think these events should be treated linearly, meaning
00:17:16they should be treated in a very similar way, because they
00:17:20have a specific goal, meaning it's not that
00:17:23these unmanned aerial vehicles flying into our
00:17:26airspace, or striking near the border, are
00:17:29accidents. These are deliberate actions. Today we can
00:17:33say that these are deliberate actions that aim at
00:17:36specific... a specific impact on our society, primarily
00:17:40to cause fear, to cause
00:17:42such a situation in
00:17:45which, on the one hand, the rulers are forced or
00:17:48are put under scrutiny for a specific
00:17:51purpose in a specific reaction, and on the other hand,
00:17:55for society to be terrified by the vision
00:17:58of a potential war with Russia. This is the
00:18:02main goal, because let's remember that Russia's goal is the polarization
00:18:05of society, division, because with a divided and
00:18:08frightened society it is much easier to control, much easier to
00:18:12manipulate. Are we really a frightened nation at this
00:18:15moment, or has this fear, this goal, been achieved
00:18:19by the Russians, because I have the impression that we are
00:18:22not entirely convinced that anything like this could happen? I think
00:18:26it's a process. Let's remember that four, five years ago, when the war
00:18:30started, the full-scale invasion of Russia on Ukraine, no one thought
00:18:34that one could create political
00:18:37capital for a pro-Russian narrative or a narrative that would aim
00:18:41to, well, weaken Ukraine, for example. I'm not
00:18:45saying Ukrainians have their own issues, that's also
00:18:48politics, but from the perspective of Poland's
00:18:52strategic interest, it is in our interest to support
00:18:55Ukraine and counter Russia.
00:18:58If today more and more politicians or various types of centers
00:19:02that are anti-Ukrainian and at the same time often
00:19:05pro-Russian have a greater voice,
00:19:08then we must consider whether,
00:19:11if we evaluate Russian actions, because we often evaluate
00:19:15them critically, in this case they are not achieving
00:19:18their desired direction. Let's remember that next year we have parliamentary elections, which
00:19:22will also determine how our country's
00:19:26politics will look, and many indications are that for the first time in many years we will
00:19:29have in our political system
00:19:33parties or politicians who are openly pro-Russian. That didn't exist before.
00:19:48And looking from the perspective of Russian activity, all these elements, which form one common influence operation, bring benefits. What do you think we didn't learn after yesterday's meeting, what was
00:19:52kept secret, because of course there are protests,
00:19:55promises of even more diligent action
00:19:58by the services, but what was not said openly
00:20:02to society? I mean, I think we are living in such
00:20:05a time when intelligence services, not only of our country but also
00:20:09of our allies, provide various types of information that
00:20:12they learn from various sources. Well, these
00:20:15information is probably not entirely optimistic. Let's remember
00:20:19that these attempts at sabotage, various
00:20:22acts of diversion, this is something that will intensify, and
00:20:26the Russians have some broader plan, which will probably, in
00:20:30connection with the elections in our country next year, be largely
00:20:33directed at us. One must be aware, we are the largest country
00:20:37in the region, we have the most to say, we have the strongest army in terms
00:20:40of these forces. The Baltic
00:20:44states without us are unable to defend themselves, Ukraine without
00:20:47us is unable to defend itself without our logistical
00:20:51support. We play a key role here. The migration crisis and the migration
00:20:54war declared by Lukashenka did
00:20:58not break us. We
00:21:00constantly support Ukraine, but if, for
00:21:04example, the Russians plan actions against the Baltic states, then
00:21:08it is even more crucial to break our attitude. Hence
00:21:11the discussions about whether we should help the Baltic states in the event
00:21:15of aggression. Well, polls show that society is rather
00:21:19in favor of such help and
00:21:22activating point five, yes, yes,
00:21:25yes, however, we all wonder how far the Russians can
00:21:29go, because we understand sabotage actions and we know that
00:21:32they will happen, but is Russia capable of taking
00:21:36another step, making another move?
00:21:39Looking from the perspective of how the Russians are preparing, how their arms
00:21:43industry is working, how many veterans they have, meaning those
00:21:46who have already been through the front line or through
00:21:50military operations in Ukraine, the Russians have all the capabilities.
00:21:53Let's remember that for the Kremlin, what is important is not
00:21:57so much foreign policy, but internal sentiment and whether
00:22:00there might eventually be some hecatomb
00:22:03of the system. If the Russians do not
00:22:06protest, do not take to the streets, then this
00:22:10is consent to various actions also
00:22:13abroad. But on the other hand, the Kremlin is aware that the mistakes
00:22:17made by Putin's policy and
00:22:20his entourage cause these thousands, hundreds of thousands
00:22:24of veterans who have returned from the front to potentially unite at some
00:22:27point. They are no longer afraid of war, they are no longer
00:22:30afraid of confrontation with the militia or with the Russian police,
00:22:34but they can start acting, and the Kremlin is also afraid of this. Just
00:22:37one more question, because Radosław Sikorski said yesterday, "If
00:22:41Russia attacks, we will defeat them very quickly, we have a huge advantage in
00:22:45the air." Can this really be taken
00:22:49seriously? Always
00:22:51take it very seriously, but is it just bragging and
00:22:55showing Russia, "better not try"?
00:22:58That is, let's note that this conversation, or this
00:23:02statement, concerned NATO forces, not just Poland, because some
00:23:05people, I saw, are already implying that we as Poland can
00:23:09defeat them. No, we cannot. However, when it comes to NATO forces, there is
00:23:13no discussion at all. NATO is much stronger, has much
00:23:16better technological capabilities, long-range...
00:23:19The Russians, of course, have
00:23:22their cards, they have their aces, but
00:23:26nuclear weapons, however, their real strength is shown by their inability
00:23:29to defeat one of the poorer European countries,
00:23:33Ukraine, which for years spent very little
00:23:37on defense.
00:23:39Russian assumptions did not materialize, and after 4.5 years
00:23:43they got stuck conquering only
00:23:46tens of thousands of square kilometers, so it's not
00:23:49some
00:23:53how effective NATO was in other operations, I'm talking about
00:23:56military operations, not stabilization, not some subsequent
00:24:01is still a much greater military force, and I think there's
00:24:05no comparison to the Russian army. So
00:24:08Putin is taking a risk. If he indeed takes action,
00:24:12let's remember that NATO is not one organism. Russia's
00:24:15advantage is that Russia is one organism, with one government, with
00:24:18one authority. NATO is a collection
00:24:21of already dozens of countries, each with its own political
00:24:25agenda. We see what is happening in the United States, we see what is happening in
00:24:29Spain in Western Europe, we see what is happening to us, in our part
00:24:32of Europe. All this means that for NATO,
00:24:36its unity, its coherence, is key.
00:24:39here, if in the case of military technologies I have
00:24:42no doubt about Russia's superiority over Russia, then
00:24:46in the case of political cohesion, yes, that's true.