Consul General Krasnitsky considered it impossible to restore relations between Russia and Germany

There are no conditions for the restoration of Russian-German relations in the previous format, said the former Consul General of Russia in Bonn Oleg Krasnitsky. He said such an opportunity “will never happen again.”.

Mr. Krasnitsky noted that the parties will need to look for new formats of relations in the future. When ties between Moscow and Berlin are restored, Germany will be a different country.

It is important to understand that the Germans themselves have changed a lot over the last few decades and are no longer the Germans we dealt with. Therefore, when we normalize relations with Germany, we will do it with some other country, Krasnitsky said at a round table at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

On September 1, the German authorities announced the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin. The decision comes after the country blamed Russia for the drone incident at Leipzig/Halle airport on August 4. In response, Russia withdrew consent to the work of the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg and demanded the closure of the German cultural centers named after Goethe.