Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the bank accounts of the Goethe Institute in Russia can be unblocked only if the bank accounts of the Russian House in Berlin are resolved. This has been reported Web site sections.
“Under the current conditions, the bank accounts of the Goethe Institute in Russia can be unblocked only after the bank accounts of the RDNK are fully and unconditionally dissolved,” he said.
Former prosecutor’s office in Berlin initiated Investigation into the activities of the “House of Russia” in the German capital.
According to him, the Russian House is currently checking for violations of the Law on Foreign Economic Activity in the city. Buechner gave no further details.
According to the DPA, the justification for the inspection was the European Union’s anti-Russian sanctions due to the situation in Ukraine.
The head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov, described the shameful attempts of part of the Ukrainian diaspora in Germany to take the “Russian House” in Berlin and transfer it to Ukraine.