
The Goethe Institutes in Russia have to close after the drone incident in Leipzig and the end of the Russian House in Berlin. Jens Siegert was in Moscow for a long time and says how Putin has changed international exchange.
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The closure of the Goethe Institute comes in response to a drone incident in Leipzig and the closure of the Russian House in Berlin.
Closure of the Goethe Institute “German cultural work in Russia was actually already dead”
The Goethe Institutes in Russia have to close after the drone incident in Leipzig and the end of the Russian House in Berlin. Jens Siegert was in Moscow for a long time and says how Putin has changed international exchange.
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September 5, 2026, 1:37 p.m
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