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Gazprom Wins Appeal Against 6.2 Billion Euro Polish Fine

A Polish court on Monday overturned a decision by Poland's anti-monopoly watchdog to impose a 6.2 billion euro ($6.3 billion) fine against Russian gas...

'unprecedented and provocative'

Poland Barring Russia’s Lavrov From Regional Security Talks ‘Provocative’ – Ministry

Russia Saturday blasted Warsaw's refusal to allow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to attend a meeting next month of the Organization for Security and Cooperation...

heightened tensions

Poland Military on Alert After Missile Strike

Poland's military was on high alert Wednesday after a deadly missile strike on a village near the border with war-ravaged Ukraine. In Indonesia's Bali...

migration crisis fears

Poland Launches Construction of Russian Border Barrier

Poland has started construction of a barrier along its border with Russia amid Warsaw's concerns that Moscow could orchestrate a migrant crisis on the...

Conduit Closure

Russia-Germany Oil Pipeline Partly Shut After Leak

The Druzhba oil pipeline linking Russia and Germany has been partly shut after a leak was discovered in Poland, the Polish PERN operator said on Wednesday...

Poland, Baltics Enact EU Visa Ban for Russians

Holders of residence permits, family members, humanitarian cases and dissidents are unaffected.

delayed restitution

Poland Seeks Return of ‘Stolen’ Art From Russia’s Pushkin Museum

Russia’s Culture Ministry said the paintings in question had been given to the Soviet Union as part of German reparations after World War II.

one-sided remembrance

Russia Removes Polish Flag from Soviet Massacre Memorial

The Katyn memorial was erected in memory of the 25,000 Poles, mostly army officers, massacred by the Soviet Union.

mercenary claims

Russia Says Nearly 2,000 Foreign Fighters Killed in Ukraine

The Defense Ministry said Poland was the "absolute leader" among European countries for the number of fighters sent to Ukraine.

Russia’s Gazprom Halts Gas Transports to Europe Via Poland Pipeline

The Yamal-Europe pipeline can carry up to 33 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia's Yamal peninsula and western Siberia to Germany.

Ambassador attack

Russian Envoy to Poland Splattered with Red Paint on Victory Day

Activists who threw the paint can be heard chanting "fascists, fascists!"

Russia’s Gazprom Halts Gas Supplies to Poland, Bulgaria

Poland and Bulgaria said they were looking for alternative sources of natural gas.

Smolensk Air Crash Due to Onboard Explosions – Polish Probe

The report posits that Poland's president was targeted because of his anti-Russia politics but stops short of calling it an assassination.

reclaimed property

Warsaw Seizes Abandoned Russian ‘Spy Nest’ for Ukraine

The building in Poland's capital was once used by Soviet diplomats, followed by the Russian embassy, but is no longer in use.

under diplomatic cover

Poland Expels 45 Russian Diplomats for Espionage

Russia's ambassador to Poland immediately dismissed the allegation.

'prudent measure'

U.S. Troop Reinforcements Arrive Near Poland-Ukraine Border

AFP reporters saw soldiers disembarking from two Boeing C-17 military transport planes and boarding buses.

'something unprecedented'

Poland Finds Belarus Spies Diverted Ryanair Flight

The flight's diversion resulted in the highly controversial arrest of a Belarusian opposition journalist onboard.

Poland Says 230 Migrants Crossed Belarus Border by Force

Polish border guards said the migrants "threw rocks and sticks" as Belarusian forces used lasers and strobe lighting to try and blind Polish officers.

Poland Says Belarus Has Changed Tactics on Migrant Crisis

The West accuses Belarus of artificially creating the crisis with promises of an easy crossing into the EU.

Belarus Border Camp Cleared as Iraqis Fly Home From Migrant Stand-Off

Around 2,000 migrants had been stuck in freezing temperatures at a camp in the woods, hoping to pass into EU member Poland.

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