After the closure, only the Polish Embassy in Moscow will remain in Russia. On Nov. 19, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced, in connection with a railway sabotage incident, the decision to close Russia’s consulate general in Gdańsk,

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks at the European Parliament. Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa One year after a massive fire devastated a shopping centre in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of orchestrating the blaze.

The Polish Consulate General in Irkutsk remained the last functioning Polish consular office in Russia. Similarly, the Russian consulate in Gdansk was the last Russian consular representation in Poland. As a result, only the Polish embassy in Moscow will remain in Russia and the Russian embassy in Warsaw will remain in Poland.

MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday ordered Poland to close its consulate in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in retaliation for Warsaw's decision to close the last Russian consulate in Poland after a railway explosion that was blamed on Moscow.

Moscow has told Poland's ambassador it will shut Warsaw's consulate in Irkutsk after Poland closed Russia's Gdansk mission over alleged sabotage, deepening a rift between the two countries

EADaily, November 24th, 2025. Without Kiev and without Warsaw, there are no solutions to resolve the conflict on the Ukraine cannot be accepted. This was stated by the Prime Minister and the President of Poland.

Poland's government failed to overturn a presidential veto of a bill regulating cryptocurrencies on Friday, hampering its bid to increase oversight of a market it says is plagued by money laundering and open to exploitation by Russian intelligence.