We are just witnessing another installment of the issue of financing from the border of the presidential run Rafał Trzaskowski. The affair was described by PiS related “Virtual Poland”. It was only late believed that the Citizens' Platform had the main decision-making centres to support it in Germany. Now it turns out that not necessarily the candidate of this organization must be financially supported from behind Oder. For the latest article informs that the run was supported by people associated with the Democratic Party, and thus a group competing against the 1 with whom the current president of the United States Donald Trump is associated, who was visited late by Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, who may have an estimated better chance of winning the upcoming second circular of presidential elections in Poland.
Not the first time.
As we learn, already in 2013"The squad liable for publishing political advertisements encouraging the vote on Rafał Trzaskowski and attacking his rivals had already acted during the Polish elections". At that time, PLN 1.5 million was spent on advertising. Estratos was specifically liable for the full campaign. The distribution of the shares was presented in specified a way that 80% belonged to the Democratic Party, and 20% owned Hungarians associated with the government that ruled before Orban. In Poland nobody knows anything like in Czech film, together with Sławomir Nitras. And Hungarians say that the order came from Poland, although they do not want to betray the name of the company. On Facebook, advertisements were purchased for half a million promoting Trzaskowski and attacking Nawrocki and Mentzen. It was known to call for censorship of uncomfortable pages and channels of the Foundation Action Democracy, whose name would be “fascism”.
Hungarian Beginnings
The article on “Virtual Poland” with the first name “They have done so before...” states that the genesis of activity dates back to 2010 in Hungary erstwhile Victor Orban, who took over the main media, took over the power, and that is why since 2016 various efforts have been made to influence the government in Hungary. Not only in Budapest but besides Vienna and Estoni various companies called Datadat began to rise. And in the United States, 1 Higher Ground Labs fund was created in consequence to Trump's emergence to power. Later, Austrian Databad purchased Americans and invested large money in an election run against Orban in 2022. After various allegations of abroad interference and disclosure that the opposition received $11 million from abroad, Databad of Vienna changed its name to Estrados Digital GmbH.
Polish campaign
Finally, in 2023 various actions began in Poland. In February 2023 activity in Poland began thanks to a portal with the mysterious name “Do: join”. The mysterious portal informed that behind it was a mysterious group of people who defined themselves as follows: "we are a group of people with journalistic, activist and marketing experience who work for progressive change. We build space for activism on the Internet, connect people who want to act with crucial matters and request support, supply tools to informal organizations and groups, and we besides tell stories that have the power to fix the world." The website admin came from Estonia, and the previously mentioned Austrian company has access to the data. The ads were published from March to December 2023 until the Tusk government was sworn in. Profession spots were made by the foundations of Anja Rubik or Bart Staszewski. But the referendum and campaigns against Orlen were discouraged. More than that, the Confederacy was being hunted or urged to participate in the march on 4 June. The questions of the Virtual Poland editorial board were either naturally unanswered or nobody knew anything, and they surely did not accept property benefits. But there were affirmative answers from any foundations.
Estratos head quarterback
According to the article, the main individual behind the current run promoting Trzaskowski, and the striking 2 main candidates is Paulina Gruda from Estratos Digital GmbH, who contacted even the Democracy Action to make appropriate election films. Here, too, in various questions, representatives of these different creations are either silent or obscured by memory. And due to the fact that NGOs have prohibited agitation, there is simply a problem with this kind of activity. And naturally, here too, we could usage a law on abroad agents or transparency. Unfortunately, this cannot be expected, the subject will most likely vanish rapidly after the election, covered by various another events. And both parties will be accused of being Russian agents. For nevertheless all the time dollars in the last hotel do not odor at all or as much as rubles, even though they have the watermark of the Democratic Party.
Bartłomiej Doborzyński
Text for the Polish Barometer.
