Reading this thread convinced me that contacting Warsaw is futile for now. I wrote to my MP a week ago but they were on vacation up until yesterday so they have at least a week of backlog to get through before they get to my e-mail. Doubt anything will come of it.
I understand now that all the guessing and speculating about VACs and VOs, Warsaws and Moscows is just a huge pile of BS!
None of our guesses and speculations were right, never mind right, not anywhere near the place!
I contacted my MP as well, after getting them all consent forms, I did get a copy of the electronic file that is kept at IRCC, and this is it.
In the email the MP office politely informed me that aside for an occasional retrieval of information, the office would not be able to help me with anything that would influence the outcome.
I filed an ATIP request with a $5 fee, requesting a copy of my niece's file from Warsaw, just to get a polite answer that because of COVID, all deadlines were extended by 365 days, so from a statutory 30 day maximum wait it instantly became "not before August 2021".....
Shoot, as a Canadian, I am so disgusted with this situation, and a total lack of personal power to do anything about that
My niece cries daily, she is all dressed up and packed, ready to come, and here we go.....
I also noted that actual citizens of the RF are not getting any visas as of lately, some ethnic Russians from other jurisdictions are getting some...
This thing is really the largest source of frustration for me.... and NO MORE GUESSING, this is all a huge pile of bullsh*t.....