
The senator called Radoslaw Sikorski's initiative counterproductive and linked it with the EU's difficulties in supporting Kyiv
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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in an interview with the Financial Times, called on allies to close Russian consulates, citing the threat of hybrid attacks.
MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. The call by the Polish Foreign Ministry to close Russian consulates is connected with the growing difficulties of the European Union in supporting the Kyiv regime, says Grigory Karasin, first deputy chairman of the international committee of the Federation Council.
Polish Foreign Minister Radislaw Sikorski called on European allies to close Russian consulates under the pretext of alleged “hybrid attacks” by the Russian Federation, the Financial Times, which interviewed him, reported on Monday.
“Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikorsky has clearly gone crazy amid the growing difficulties of the European Union in supporting the Kyiv regime. Again, the terms “hybrid attacks by Moscow” and the like, unknown to common sense, were used,” the senator wrote in his Telegram channel.
But this time the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry suffered further, Karasin noted.
“The call for European countries to indiscriminately close all Russian consular offices is not only counterproductive, but is intended to worsen the already gloomy prospects in the atmosphere on the continent and impede any search for mutually acceptable solutions,” he emphasized.

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