Media: Officials in Gdansk, Poland tried to take over the Russian Consulate building but were not allowed in
Russian State News Agency, Warsaw, Dec 25 - According to a report by Polsat TV on December 24, Polish officials in Gdansk tried to take over the Russian Consulate building but were not allowed to enter.
The Russian Consulate in Gdansk ceased operations on December 22, following the revocation of its operating license by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This was the last consulate of Russia in Poland. Previously, the Russian consular institutions in Krakow and Poznan had been closed successively.
The television station quoted the head of the Gdansk City Government's press office as saying, "There was an attempt to nationalize the building, but no one opened the door for the officials."
She added, "But obviously, there are people inside the property."
Previously, the Russian Embassy in Poland told Sputnik that the building belongs to the Russian Federation and that after the consulate ceased operations, it would be guarded by an administrative technician from the embassy.
The Polish authorities claimed that the building belongs to the Polish state.
In mid-November, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the decision to revoke the operating permit of the Russian Consulate in Gdansk. The reason given was a report from the police in the Mazovia Province stating that the railway line to Ukraine had been sabotaged.
Subsequently, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that according to information from the Polish investigation, the railway sabotage was carried out by two Ukrainian citizens. He also claimed that these two people were suspected of cooperating with Russia, but provided no evidence. Putin's press secretary Peskov pointed out that it is noteworthy that the individuals involved in the Polish railway sabotage incident were Ukrainian citizens.
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