Russia says the property is theirs, but the city of Gdańsk rejects that claim.
Russia says the property is theirs, but the city of Gdańsk rejects that claim.
The building was vandalised with red paint, dog faeces and slogans saying “killers”and “fuck the wall”.
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The decisions mean that, by the end of December, neither country will have any consulates operating in the other.
“We are dealing with state terror,” says foreign minister Radosław Sikorski.
It is the second Russian consulate that Poland has closed due to Moscow’s campaign of sabotage.
The decision was made in retaliation for Poland’s closure of a Russian consulate last month.
Poland last month ordered Russia to shut down the consulate and expelled the diplomats stationed there.
“Russia is conducting a form of hybrid warfare against Poland,” says the Polish foreign ministry.
Poland says the decision was part of Russia’s efforts to “falsify history and deny responsibility for crimes committed by the Russian state”.
Kraków today named an area near the Russian consulate “Free Ukraine Square”.