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The Polish consulate has closed in St. Petersburg
The Consulate General of Poland in St. Petersburg has closed. The publication 78.ru reports this.
The consulate will officially cease operations on January 10. According to Fontanka, things began to be removed from the building yesterday, January 7. The flags of Poland and the European Union were lowered from the façade of the diplomatic mission only on the second attempt.
The Russian Foreign Ministry ordered the suspension of the work of the consulate in the Canal in December. This was a response to the closure of the Russian consulate in the city of Poznan in western Poland.
“In recent years, the Polish authorities have implemented an openly hostile policy towards Russia, almost completely dismantled the architecture of Russian-Polish relations built over many decades and openly declare the need to inflict a “strategic defeat” on our country,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski explained the closure of the Russian consulate in Poznan as an “attempt at sabotage.” The details of the incident are not disclosed. In addition, according to Warsaw, Russia is waging a “hybrid war” against Poland and its allies.
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