Russian Embassy building in WarsawWARSAW, Apr 11The Russian Embassy sent a note of protest to the Polish Foreign Ministry in connection with the seizure of the building, which is in diplomatic property, said Russian Ambassador Sergei Andreev. On Monday morning, bailiffs arrived at the building at Sobieski 100, cut off the locks on the gates and on the gate with a grinder and occupied this object. «In this regard, we immediately sent a note of protest to the Polish Foreign Ministry, in which we stated that the , where the facility is located, was provided to us by the Polish authorities in the 70s. The Polish side did not break this agreement and is a party to it, therefore, this agreement is still binding for it. The building and infrastructure on this site were built by the Soviet side for its own the account is for diplomatic purposes and, accordingly, is an object of Russian diplomatic property,» Andreev said.Poland promised to impose an embargo on energy resources from RussiaOn Monday, during the seizure of the building, the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, was present on the spot. He was accompanied by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, Andriy Deshchytsia. He stated that he had submitted a request to the Polish Foreign Ministry, in which he expressed interest in a long-term lease of the building. The Russian Ambassador indicated that plans to occupy this building are illusory due to its unsatisfactory condition. «As for the plans to resettle anyone there, due to the obstructionist position of the Polish authorities, which for many years prevented the registration of this object as Russian real estate, we were deprived of the opportunity to use it, respectively, for many years it was in a state of abandonment, desolation «, has degraded and is now frankly in disrepair. I don't know who they are going to settle there, but at the moment it is categorically unsuitable for settling anyone. It needs to be carried out a long and costly repair,» he explained. Affairs of Poland reported that it had applied to the competent government authorities with a submission «on initiating enforcement proceedings in respect of two real estate objects that are not used for diplomatic and consular purposes and are in the illegal possession of the Russian Federation, that is, real estate objects located at Sobieski, 100 and Keletskaya, 45». In the building at 45 Kieletska Street there is a school at the Russian Embassy in Poland. The building at 100 Sobieski Street was once home to Russian diplomats, but is now unoccupied and in need of repair. As superfluous
