Moscow shuts Goethe Institute after Russian House closure
Russia has decided to close the branches of the Goethe Institute in the country in response to Germany's decision to shut down the Russian House in Berlin, after a bomb-laden drone was found at Leipzig airport and Berlin blamed Moscow for the incident. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that this measure includes shutting down the Goethe Institute centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg, effectively ending its cultural presence in Russia. Despite tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine, the institute continued its operations and is among the last German institutions still functioning in Russia after Moscow classified many organizations as "undesirable."
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