2023-06-01 00:21:00
Foreign news agencies reported from Berlin. Germany on June 1 that the German Foreign Ministry issued a statement. last wednesday to close four consulates in Russia within the month of Nov. This includes the city of Kaliningrad. city of yekaterinburg and the city of Novosibirsk within the month of Nov. to be reached. The move is on the order of the Moscow government. which means Germany will leave only the embassy in Moscow. and the Consulate General in St. Petersburg only
However, at the same time Russia must also cease operations of four consulates in Germany by December 31, 2023. The Moscow government currently has a consulate general in Munich, Frankfurt, Bonn, Leipzig. and Hamburg means by the end of the year Russia will remain only the embassy in Berlin. and another consulate general only
Russia issued an order at the end of May. In the past, the number of diplomatic and government personnel in Germany was limited to 350 people. which is on duty at several German institutes in Russia have to travel back even including staff of embassies and consulates But this time it will include teachers and staff of the Goethe-Institut. and the German International School in Moscow. as well as German teachers working in schools in Russia.
German media criticized the situation. “It’s a diplomatic war,” triggered by the conflict over Ukraine. by going back in April Germany has previously deported “a handful” of Russian diplomats for “downsizing the Moscow government’s intelligence service” in the country, to which Moscow responded promptly. by deporting 20 German diplomats and imposing a quota for German diplomatic personnel and agency representatives from institutions in Germany.
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