Warsaw wants to sue Russia for PLN 16 mln
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The mayor of Warsaw is demanding over PLN 16 million from the Russian Federation for non-contractual usage of two buildings in the city occupied by the Russian embassy. On Monday, the city's Regional Court adjourned a trial in this case until January 2017. According to the judge, Paweł Pyzio, the reason was the need to resolve the method of delivering the lawsuit summons to the Russian side.
“This is about non-contractual usage of properties at Bobrowiecka 2b between 2009-2015 and at Kielecka 45 between 2012-2015. In the first case, the lawsuit amounts to PLN 8.9 million, in the second, PLN 7.6 million,” said a spokesperson for the Prosecutor General Sylwia Hajnrych, who is representing the mayor in these matters.
Under a 1996 Polish-Russian agreement, which the Regional Court is applying, a court first sends a summons to a sworn translator, then to the Russian Ministry of Justice, which forwards it to the Russian authority responsible for the Federation's foreign properties. Ownership of and payments for diplomatic properties has long been a thorny issue between Poland and Russia.
