President launches probe into Polish-Ukrainian pipeline following press report

President Aleksander Kwasniewski reacted to an article published in Friday's Rzeczpospolita by ordering the National Security Office (BBN) to investigate the project to construct the Odessa-Brody-Gdansk oil-pipeline. Rzeczpospolita wrote that while most leading ruling politicians, including the President and the Prime Minister, support the pipeline, the project is economically unviable and connected with many people associated with various scandals. "I am treating the issue seriously and have asked BBN head Marek Siwiec to report on the matter," said Kwasniewski. Siwiec promised that at the beginning of next week he will present his findings to the President, including all correspondence with the Ukrainian side. "The Ukrainians should then re-analyze the situation and discuss what to do next with the Polish government," said economic analyst Oleksij Plonikow. (Rzeczpospolita, Sept. 21-22; p. A1) A.Z.