WARSAW: Poland said Wednesday it would close the Russian consulate in the northern port city of Gdansk, after accusing Moscow of orchestrating the sabotage of a train line earlier this week. Poland had already shut other consulates outside Warsaw, and the move would leave the Russian embassy in the capital as Moscow’s only diplomatic mission in the country. “I have decided to withdraw consent for the operation of the Russian consulate in Gdansk,” Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told journalists on Wednesday.

Il ministro degli Esteri polacco, Radoslaw Sikorski ha affermato che, in risposta al sabotaggio ferroviario, la Polonia ritirerà il consenso - di fatto chiuderà - l'ultimo…

Radosław Sikorski says Poland will respond to the weekend’s incidents ‘not only diplomatically’, and will withdraw consent for the last Russian consulate in the country

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski previously announced the decision to close the last remaining Russian Consulate-General in Poland, located in Gdansk

Moscow accuses Poland of Russophobia, pledges to respond by reducing Polish diplomatic and consular presence in Russia.

WARSAW: Poland said Wednesday it would close the Russian consulate in the northern port city of Gdansk, after accusing Moscow of orchestrating the sabotage of a train line earlier…

Foreign minister orders closure of Gdańsk consulate and says four people now arrested after sabotage attack

Maria Zakharova stressed that Moscow will retaliate, downsizing Poland’s diplomatic and consular missions in the country