Poland to close Russian consulate in Kraków over Warsaw fire
Ministers say investigation proves Russian intelligence services were behind shopping centre blaze last year
Poland has said it will close down the Russian consulate in Kraków, after authorities in Warsaw announced they had found evidence proving Russia’s intelligence services were behind a huge fire that destroyed a shopping centre in the Polish capital last year.
The Polish foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, wrote on X: “Due to evidence that the Russian special services committed a reprehensible act of sabotage against the shopping centre on Marywilska Street, I have decided to withdraw my consent to the operation of the consulate of the Russian Federation in Kraków.”
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