Europe 1 with AFP 12:25 p.m., March 23, 2022
Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced on Wednesday that Poland would expel "45 Russian spies posing as diplomats".
Those affected should leave the country within a maximum of five days.
Poland expels “45 Russian spies posing as diplomats,” Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced on Wednesday.
"In a completely consistent and determined way, we are dismantling the network of Russian special services in our country," he said on Twitter.
Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev, questioned by journalists as he left the headquarters of the Polish Foreign Ministry, confirmed the expulsions, specifying that those concerned should leave Poland within a maximum of five days.
Russia reserves the right to take retaliatory measures
He claimed that accusations of espionage against them, presented in diplomatic language as "activities incompatible with their diplomatic status" were "baseless", and announced that Russia reserved the right to take retaliatory measures.
Diplomatic relations between Warsaw and Moscow are not broken, added the diplomat: "the embassies remain, the ambassadors remain".
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