Russia to take legal actions against Poland after seizing school
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Russia will respond to Warsaw's decision to storm the Russian embassy school and vacate its employees after the Warsaw mayor's office took action against the school on Saturday morning
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Security guards block the gate of the Russian embassy school in Warsaw, Poland, 29 April 2023 (Reuters)
Russian investigators are set to put together a legal assessment of Poland's decision to seize a Russian embassy school in Warsaw, according to the Russian Investigative Committee.
Officials of the Warsaw mayor's, accompanied by Polish police officers, stormed the Russian embassy's school after breaking in through its gated door, on Saturday morning. Authorities forced the school's employees to vacate its premises by 6 PM local time.
Employees of the school at the Russian embassy in Poland, which was raided and seized by Polish police today, packing their things to the tune of "Farewell of Slavianka" pic.twitter.com/sjCD0KGGqL
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"Head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has ordered investigators to request necessary information from the (Polish) Foreign Ministry and give a legal assessment to all circumstances of the incident," the Investigative Committee stated on the messaging app Telegram.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated earlier that the country would respond sternly to the Polish authorities' flagrant decision to storm the embassy's school in Warsaw.
"We regard this as yet another hostile act by the Polish authorities and a blatant violation of the Vienna Convention of 1961," the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.
It "goes beyond the framework of civilized interstate communication and will not remain without our harsh reaction and consequences for Polish authorities and Poland's interests in Russia," the Ministry added.
The 1970s building has been a subject of dispute, for over a year, between Polish and Russian authorities, as Polish citizens dubbed it the "spy nest".
"This building belongs to the Warsaw City Hall," Polish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lukasz Jasina underlined, as quoted by AFP, adding that the move came after a bailiff's order.
Poland who has been a staunch supporter of Zelensky's government in its conflict with Russia, claims there is an uneven number of diplomatic buildings shared between the two countries, which has promoted authorities to take on the hostile decision.
