MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday ordered Poland to close its consulate in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in retaliation for Warsaw’s decision to close the last Russian consulate in Poland after a railway explosion that was blamed on Moscow.

Poland, a former Warsaw Pact member which joined the U.S.-led NATO military alliance in 1999, said two Ukrainians working for Moscow were behind a blast earlier this month on the line that links Warsaw to the Ukrainian border.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the blast was an “unprecedented act of sabotage” and Poland’s special services said evidence pointed to Russian intelligence being behind it.

Moscow denied that, saying levels of “Russophobia” were so high in Europe that it was routinely blamed for any incident without any evidenc

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