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Before the end of the investigation: Poland withdrew from the accounts of the Russian Embassy of almost $ 1.2 million

According to journalists, the withdrawn funds could be used to finance terrorist actions or money laundering. The Polish prosecutor's office seized almost $ 1. 2 million, which were in the bank accounts of the Russian Embassy and Trade Representation in Poland. The money was withdrawn in the framework of the investigation of financial violations. About it reports Rzeczpospolita. According to journalists, last year the Polish prosecutor's office blocked almost 5 million zlotys, which is about $ 1.

2 million, in the bank accounts of the Embassy of Russia. This was due to the attempt to transfer a large amount of money from the account of the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation in one of the Polish banks immediately after the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the prosecutor's office, money in the bank accounts of Russian diplomatic missions can be used to finance terrorist actions or money laundering. However, it was decided to block accounts for only one year.

According to journalists, at the end of April, the prosecutor's office counted the money that was in the bank accounts of the Russian Embassy and Trade Representation, material evidence and transferred them to their own expense. At the same time, the Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, did not try to challenge the decision. "Thus, money, about 5 million zlotys, will remain in the prosecutor's office until the end of the investigation," Rzeczpospolita adds.