Poland seizes a recreational residence rented by the Russian Embassy since the 1980s

Polish authorities have seized a recreational residence in the village of Skubyanka, outside the country's capital, Warsaw, which the Russian Embassy in the country had been renting since the 1980s.

This was confirmed this Wednesday by the Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland, Edward Syraka, who has clarified that they have been employees of the Forestry Department who have confiscated the premises, according to TASS.

Syraka has also reported that the authorities are now carrying out an inventory and carrying out a technical evaluation of the facilities. Likewise, he has recognized his desire that in the future "new options" be proposed for the use of the place.

The Polish authorities have justified the extent to which the agreement with the Russian side has expired due to lack of payment, an extreme that the Russian ambassador in Warsaw, Sergei Andreev, has categorically rejected.

"The text of the agreement contains conditions for its termination, but non-payment is not foreseen there, especially if it is due to force majeure," said Andreev, who explained that the Russian side has not paid the rent because its bills banks "are frozen".

"This is not our fault, but a consequence of the illegal actions of the Polish authorities," the ambassador reproached, alluding to Warsaw's decision to freeze Russia's bank accounts in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Likewise, Andreev has informed that the Russian Embassy in Poland will investigate what happened and has clarified that at the time in which the Polish authorities have confiscated the residence there was no Russian diplomatic employee in the place.

Poland is one of the main Western countries that, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has put an end to Russian influence in the country, and has even removed a large part of the Soviet monuments in public space.