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Russia to close branches of Germany's Goethe-Institut after drone spat, foreign minister says
- 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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This announcement was made after Berlin officially accused Moscow of sending a drone loaded with explosives in early August to Leipzig Airport, a key military platform for the German army and NATO.
Russia to Close Goethe-Institut Centers After Germany Blames Drone Incident, Lavrov Says
Russia closes Goethe-Institut centers in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg after Germany's actions, Lavrov states. On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin accused Germany of planting evidence in order to blame Moscow for a drone incident at the Leipzig/Halle Airport.
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