Lights and heating were turned off in the building of the Russian Consulate in Poland.

In the Polish city of Gdansk, electricity and heating were turned off in the building where the Russian Consulate General used to work. This was announced on April 8 by a representative of the Polish Foreign Ministry.

"The building at Hrobrego 15 in Gdansk is disconnected from heating and electricity," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the alleged debt the reason. The Consulate General in Gdansk operated until the end of 2025. After the closure, there was an employee on duty in the building who monitored the safety of Russian property, she added.Газета.Ru ".

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However, Russia was able to reorient its presence from unfriendly countries to the East and Africa.

The Polsat TV channel reported on December 24 that officials from Gdansk in Poland unsuccessfully tried to seize the former building of the Russian Consulate General, but they were not allowed inside. The Consulate General of the Russian Federation was closed, its term of operation expired on December 23, as the Polish Foreign Ministry withdrew its consent to its work. The next day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on Warsaw to think carefully about the consequences of the steps being taken.

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