The Russian foreign Ministry: the Consulate General in Germany closed to disrupt the elections to the state Duma // Zakharov: Russia will give Russians in Germany the opportunity to vote in the elections

Russia will not allow the German authorities to disrupt the vote in the elections to the state Duma, despite the closure of the Russian Consulate General. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. In a comment to Sputnik radio, she said Berlin was deliberately creating obstacles to the elections.

“Exactly for this closed the Consulate General of Russia”, — said Maria Zakharova. - Exactly at that time.

She assured that the foreign Ministry will give citizens the opportunity to vote, “despite all the machinations of official Berlin”.

The German authorities decided to close the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Bonn from September 18, and from June 2027 – the Russian House. The reason was named incidents with drones at Leipzig airport. Germany also promised to tighten controls on the entry of Russians and expand the list of sanctions. The Russian embassy said that a total of 150 employees of Russian diplomatic missions and their family members were being expelled from the country.

In more detail - in the material "Kommersant" "According to the Leipzig account".