The Russians took over the building in Gdańsk and do not want to decision out. They mention to the papers of Tsar Peter I

The Russian Embassy in Warsaw informed Gdańsk that it would not leave the consulate building at ul. Batory 15 in Wrzeszcz, claiming that the property occupied by them belongs to the Russian Federation as the equivalent of historical property from the time of Peter I. Despite the decision of the MFA Radosław Sikorski to close the facility by 23 December, The Russians plan to leave an administrative individual there and invoke the right of perpetual use.