MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The ministry said it was notified last week, without being consulted beforehand, that Poland introduced border closures to residents of Russia’s Kaliningrad Region as a security measure to the NATO summit in Warsaw and World Youth Day in Krakow this month. The suspension takes effect on July 4.
"Based on the principle of reciprocity, Russia adopted response ‘mirror’ measures against Polish citizens intending to visit the Kaliningrad Region. They will operate until Warsaw restores the previous order of movement in accordance with the mentioned agreement," the ministry said.
It further questioned the correlation between the 2011 Russian-Polish local border movement agreement governing two administrative units and security at the events held in cities over 100 miles to the south.
"We will take note of Warsaw’s assurance of the temporary nature of the imposed restrictions, however, we will see how it will be observed in practice," the ministry said.
