Polish foreign minister accused of insider trading after tweet Using his Twitter account Radek Sikorski wrote that "intuition tells me that the treasury ministry will have important information re the price of gas in Poland." The tweet came just hours before negotiators from Poland and Russian energy giant Gazprom struck a deal reducing the price of imported gas. The deal also sent the share price of Poland's gas distribution company soaring by 15 per cent. "If it turned out that Minister Sikorski knew about this [the deal], you have to ask who gave him the information, why he leaked it and whether it's in his remit as foreign minister to talk about these matters," said Dawid Jackiewicz, an MP from the main opposition party Law and Justice. If someone had advance knowledge of that deal, they would have bought shares, and then sold later for a far higher price. The MP added that perhaps some people were privy to "more detailed information," and that under Polish law anybody found guilty of insider training faces possible financial sanctions of up to £388,000. Mr Jackiewicz said he would ask Poland's financial watchdog, the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), to examine Mr Sikorski's behaviour. But in a prompt retort via Twitter, the foreign minister said he was in the clear. "According to the president of the KNF, my entry contained no confidential information," tweeted Mr Sikorski. Let us rejoice over the successful negotiations and the prospect of cheaper gas. The minister also gained the support of PGNiG, the Polish gas distributor, which said that Mr Sikorski was not given any confidential information when negotiations with the Russians were in progress.