Poland hands over Ukraine the Russian “espionage nest”; Legal dispute over Soviet-era building in Warsaw | Globalism

“I am happy to be able to show Warsaw’s help to our Ukrainian friends in a symbolic way,” Rafal Trzaskovsky told a news conference.

“The Spies’ Nest” is a building built in the 1970s in the southern district of the Polish capital and is the subject of a legal dispute between Poland And Russia.

With 10 floors and dozens of apartments, it served as a diplomatic center for the Soviets before the Russian embassy used it.

The Mayor of Warsaw visited the center on Monday accompanied by the Ukrainian ambassador to Poland. A Russian diplomat also protested this measure.

“We have recovered the so-called ‘spy nest’ and we want to give it to our Ukrainian guests,” explained Trzaskovsky, using the facility’s nickname.

Andrey Dechytsya, Ukrainian Ambassador to PolandHe stated that the center “will serve soon Ukraine and the Ukrainians.

“It could be a school, or a daycare, or apartments,” Deschitzia said. “We want to do it legally, not like the Russians. We don’t want to occupy anything before your transfer is legal.”

In disrepair and near in use since the 1990s, this building is at the center of a legal dispute over its ownership between Russia and the Poland.

The building was built after the agreements signed in 1974 between Poland And the Soviet Union, which allowed Moscow to acquire new real estate in Warsaw.

Under this agreement, the Kremlin was supposed to hand over similar real estate in Moscow, which never happened.

In 2008, Warsaw canceled this agreement and demanded that the building be returned.

It is a measure upheld by a Polish court in 2016, which also requested damages from Poland for illegal occupation in the amount of 7.8 million zlotys (about 8.4 million Brazilian reals).

But Russia So far he refuses to comply with the court’s decision.