Russia to close branches of Germany's Goethe-Institut after drone spat, foreign minister says
Lavrov said 3 Goethe-Institut branches will close after Germany blamed Moscow for a drone incident and shut Russian cultural sites.
- On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Russia will close Germany's Goethe-Institut cultural centers following Germany's accusation that Russia caused a drone incident at the Leipzig and Halle Airport.
- Germany's response to the incident included closing a Russian cultural center in Berlin and a consulate in Bonn, which Lavrov stated Germany "deliberately took this step" to provoke the closure.
- The centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg had remained open "despite all the Ukrainian complications in our relations with the West," Lavrov added, with the first institute opening in Moscow in 1992.
- On Wednesday, Lavrov's deputy Alexander Grushko warned Russia would retaliate "very soon" for the Bonn consulate closure, echoing Russia's 2018 British Council closure following a diplomatic spat with Britain.
- President Vladimir Putin accused Germany on Tuesday of planting evidence to blame Moscow for the incident, further straining already tense diplomatic relations between the two nations.
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The German Goethe Institutes in Russia are being closed, announced by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. He declared in Moscow that the measure will respond to the announced end for the "Russian House" in Berlin. The Goethe Institute operates other cultural institutions in St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk in addition to its main office in Moscow.
Now that Germany holds Russia responsible for the failed drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport, the countries are mutually...
The Russian government will close branches of the Goethe Institute, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced. Sergey Lavrov explained that this is retaliation for the planned closure of the Russia House in Berlin, according to the Interfax news agency. The German government announced the measure after a drone with explosives was detected at Leipzig airport. Berlin accused Moscow of planning an attack. Goethe Institute to be closed in Russia The …
Russia to Close German Cultural Centers After Berlin Pins Leipzig Drone Plot on Moscow
Moscow will close German cultural centers in Russia in response to Berlin’s decision to close similar Russian establishments in Germany, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sept. 3. Germany accused Russia on Sept. 1 of being behind an attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport in August. “The Germans have branches of the Goethe Institute here. In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg. Well, of course, they’ll be closed after our cultur…
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