Overview
- Gdańsk city officials attempted to assume possession of the former Russian consulate site but were not allowed inside, according to Polsat.
- Russia’s chargé d’affaires said media accounts of a takeover were exaggerated, adding that consulate staff have left and an embassy employee remains to safeguard the premises.
- Moscow maintains the Gdańsk buildings are in Russia’s perpetual, no-cost use based on postwar arrangements, while Polish authorities assert the property belongs to the Polish state.
- The consulate ceased operations after Poland’s foreign ministry revoked consent for its work, leaving no active Russian consulates in the country.
- Russia has withdrawn consent for Polish consulates in Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad and has notified Warsaw that the Polish consulate in Irkutsk must cease operations on December 30, 2025.