Poland has ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in the western city of Poznan over Moscow’s alleged “sabotage” attempts inside the country, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Tuesday.

“I have information that Russia is behind sabotage attempts in Poland and allied countries. I have therefore decided to withdraw my permission for the Russian consulate to operate in Poznan,” Sikorski told reporters.

Russian staff at the consular mission will be recognized as “undesirable,” Poland’s state news agency PAP quoted him as saying.

  • Melchior
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    29 days ago

    I thought Poland has proportional representation. So why do left wing voters not just vote for a left wing party, which then forms a coalition with KO?

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      29 days ago

      Proportional representation is for the parliament. Presidential elections only have one winner.

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      29 days ago

      Presidential election has only one winner. If you really want to win you have weigh your chances in the run-off since nobody is going to win in the first round.

    • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
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      29 days ago

      funny that you ask about it because this week our parliamentary socdem party fell apart, it seems, i haven’t caught up with it yet in detail. this is about presidential elections which in all probability will play out in second turn between PiS and KO candidates