In July, a message about the closure of the Polish diplomatic mission in Russia appeared on the Russian embassy website in Poland. This decision is simply a retaliation for the early closure of the Russian consulate in Krakow.
"On 11 July, Russia's Ministry of abroad Affairs was summoned to the chargé d'affaires a.i. of Poland in Russia, which was given a note announcing that as a means of retaliation for the withdrawal by the Polish authorities on 30 June 2025 of the consent to the operation of the Russian Consulate General in Krakow, the Russian side since 29 August 2025 withdraws the consent to the operation of the Polish Consulate General in Kaliningrad" - we read.
It further stated: "This step was triggered by unjustified and hostile actions of the Polish side, which expressed themselves in a regulation under the invented pretext of Russian consular presence in the territory of the Republic of Poland",
Retaliation of Russia to Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs
Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of abroad Affairs of Russia Alexey Klimov quoted by the TASS agency confirmed that as of 29 August 2025 the Russian Ministry will retreat the consent to the activities of the Polish Consulate in Kaliningrad (Kingdom - ed.).
He explained that this decision was the answer "to the last reduction, under absurd pretext, of the Russian diplomatic presence in this country and the withdrawal of the Polish authorities' consent to the functioning of the General Consulate of Poland in Krakow"
– We stress again: Russian diplomacy continues to presume that no hostile attack on our country will stay without appropriate consequence and consequences," Klimov said.
He added that the closure of the Russian consulate in Krakow increased the workload of Russian embassy workers in Poland and the consulate in Gdańsk, however, he stressed that they were able to cope with their duties.
Radosław Sikorski withdrew his consent to the Russian consulate in Krakow
As we wrote on Temat.pl, in May the head of the MFA Radosław Sikorski informed: "In connection with the evidence that the Russian peculiar services carried out a shameful act of diversion towards the mall in Marivilska, I decided to retreat the consent to the Russian Federation consulate in Krakow".
In response, Russian MFA spokesperson Maria Zacharova announced retaliation from Moscow. "Warsaw continues to deliberately destruct relations, acting against citizens' interests," quoted Zacharowa state agency RIA Nowosti.
