The Berlin prosecutor's office is investigating the tenants of the Russian House

Brief retelling from RIA II

The Berlin Prosecutor General's Office is investigating the tenants of the closed Russian House.

The tenants are suspected of violating the law on foreign economic activity, while the Mnogoknig bookstore, canteen and visa center in the building remain open, and German law enforcement agencies do not know who runs these establishments.

BERLIN, Oct 4 - RIA Novosti. The Berlin Prosecutor General's Office said it is conducting an investigation into the tenants of the Russian House, which was closed by decision of the German authorities.

“An investigation is currently underway against unidentified persons, that is, the tenants of the Russian House,” the department told the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) newspaper.

It is alleged that the tenants are suspected of allegedly “violating the law on foreign economic activity.”

As the newspaper writes, in Germany they noticed that the bookstore Mnogoknig, located in the closed Russian House, continues to operate to this day. Also, according to the publication, a canteen and a visa center still operate in the building of the cultural institution. SZ claims that German law enforcement agencies do not know who runs these establishments and profits from their activities.

On September 1, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful announced that Germany would close the Russian Consulate General in Bonn on September 18 and terminate the agreement concerning the activities of the Russian House in Berlin, the largest Russian cultural center in the country, which has been operating since 1984.