The announcement was made by Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the Reuters news agency reported, citing Russian state news agency TASS.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said earlier on Wednesday that Poland would close the Russian consulate in the Baltic port city in response to recent sabotage attacks on the Polish rail system that Warsaw says were orchestrated by Moscow.
"I have made the decision to withdraw consent for the operation of the last Russian consulate general in Gdańsk," Sikorski told reporters.
The Kremlin has rejected the allegations and accused Poland of "Russophobia," Reuters reported.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday Russia regretted Poland's decision to shut down its last operating consulate in the country, accusing Warsaw of acting without "common sense," according to Reuters.
"Relations with Poland have completely deteriorated. This is probably a manifestation of this deterioration - the Polish authorities' desire to reduce any possibility of consular or diplomatic relations to zero," Peskov said, as cited by Reuters.
"One can only express regret here ... This has nothing to do with common sense," he added.
On Tuesday, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament that authorities had identified two Ukrainian men working for Russian intelligence as suspects in the sabotage.
Sikorski told lawmakers on Wednesday that Poland would answer last weekend's incidents "not only by diplomatic means," adding that he would outline further steps "in the next few days."
Polish officials say an explosive device destroyed a section of track on the Warsaw-Lublin rail line near the village of Mika over the weekend. The route is a key corridor for transporting Western aid to Ukraine.
In a separate incident on the same line, a train carrying 475 passengers made an emergency stop near the town of Puławy on Sunday after track damage was detected.
No injuries were reported, and the government has launched a wide-ranging investigation.
Tusk told lawmakers on Tuesday that Poland was in "constant contact" with allied security services as it works to apprehend the suspects.
The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Tuesday that the sabotage attacks on Poland's rail network were part of Russia's broader campaign to destabilize Europe.
Poland closes last remaining Russian consulate
The Gdańsk consulate was Russia's last remaining consular post in Poland.
Authorities shut the Russian consulate in Kraków in July after what Tusk described as a Moscow-orchestrated arson attack on a Warsaw shopping centre.
Last year, Poland also closed Russia's consulate in Poznań following suspected sabotage linked to Russian intelligence.
Russia still operates its embassy in Warsaw, which Sikorski said will remain open because Poland does not plan to sever diplomatic relations with Moscow.
Tensions between the two countries have risen sharply since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP, Reuters, TVP Info