Poland grabs Funds for the Russian embassy and commercial missions

Moscow's envoy has called the move a "flagrant violation" of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the 1961 treaty governing the rights and responsibilities of diplomats. All the money in the accounts of the Russian embassy and trade office in Warsaw has been seized by the Polish prosecutor's office, Ambassador Sergey Andreyev revealed on Wednesday. Santander Bank then informed the embassy that it had "ceased cooperation" with the Russian government and closed the accounts. There were "significant amounts" of both US dollars and Polish zlotys in both accounts. The Russian Foreign Ministry has protested both seizures as a flagrant violation of international law.

Many EU and NATO countries have expelled dozens of Russian diplomats after the Ukraine conflict escalated in February 2022, but most did not go so far as to sever relations with Moscow. The US and its allies have insisted they are not actually involved in the conflict, even while they sent Kiev over $100 billion worth of weapons and financial aid.