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Employees of the closed Russian House in Berlin returned to Moscow

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Employees of the Russian House, which was closed in Berlin, arrived in Moscow after the decision of the German authorities to close the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Bonn and cease the work of the cultural center.

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The head of the German Foreign Ministry announced the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the termination of the agreement on the Russian House in Berlin. In response, the Russian Foreign Ministry called this a destruction of relations and is closing the Goethe Institute.

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Employees of the Russian House, closed in Berlin, arrived by plane to Moscow, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful said on September 1 that Germany would close the Russian Consulate General in Bonn on September 18 and terminate the agreement regarding the activities of the Russian House in Berlin. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated that as a result of this decision, branches of the Goethe Institute in Russia will be closed. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the closure of the Consulate General in Bonn a step towards the destruction of relations between Russia and Germany.

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