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Germany shuts Russian consulate over drone attack; Moscow closes Goethe-Institut

short by Udit Gupta / on Thursday, 3 September, 2026
Germany announced the closure of Russia's consulate in Bonn, after blaming Moscow for last month's attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport. In response, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Germany's Goethe-Institut cultural centres would be closed in Russia. Lavrov said the centres had remained open "despite all the Ukrainian complications in our relations with the West".
read more at Deutsche Welle