Poland expelled Russian consul and accused him of spreading coronavirus

In Poland, the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Poznan was recognized as persona non grata due to the fact that he participated in meetings and appeared in public places, being infected with COVID-19.

This was stated by the official representative of the minister-coordinator of the special services Stanislav Zharin, writes the Polish edition RMF 24… According to the procedure, the consul left the territory of Poland.

On January 21, the diplomat and his daughter were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Knowing about his infection, he did not remain in isolation and left his place of residence. In Poland, the actions of the expelled diplomat were called irresponsible and dangerous.

“The result of his actions could be the infection of other people and the emergence of new outbreaks of diseases. The actions taken by the diplomat endangered the health of people who could contact him,” Stanislav Zharin said.

The Polish Foreign Ministry expelled the consul on February 8, he left the country on February 22.

We will remind, Sweden, Poland and Germany decided to expel Russian diplomats in response to similar actions by Moscow.

As reported OBOZREVATEL, Russia decided to send diplomats Germany, Sweden and Poland due to the fact that they were seen at the protests in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whom the court sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.

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