Moscow rejects allegations that a drone found at Leipzig airport was of Russian origin.
On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned German Charge d’Affaires Bernd Finke to protest Berlin’s allegations that a drone found with explosives at Leipzig airport last month was of Russian origin.
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Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry on Tuesday over the same incident. Germany also ordered the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn. Nechayev called the claims regarding the drone found Aug. 5 completely unfounded.
For the Russian Foreign Ministry, the decision by German authorities to close the Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House is “a new step on the path toward the complete destruction of the potential for bilateral relations built by many generations of Russian and German politicians.”
“Berlin deliberately carried out an open provocation aimed at escalating Russian-German relations. The actions of the German authorities will receive a tough response,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandr Grushko ruled out, for the time being, a break in diplomatic relations with Germany, which he accused of choosing “the path of escalation.” “We will give diplomacy a chance, but diplomacy is a two-way street,” he said.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the German actions are linked to the country’s domestic politics. He also dismissed the accusations as lacking evidence and described the incident as a fabrication. The Russian leader suggested that the government is prioritizing confrontation with Russia over Germany’s national interests, given the chancellor’s low popularity at home.
“The chancellor is in a difficult political position. He does not enjoy the confidence of his citizens. And it is clear why: because he does not defend the national interests… Companies are closing, people are losing their jobs and the standard of living is falling. It is not clear why all this is being done. They can only explain it by the need to counter an aggressive Russia” Putin said at the end of his participation in a summit in Kyrgyzstan.
The Russian leader stressed that, “given the decline in approval ratings and the upcoming election campaigns, including in Saxony, for example, the question naturally arises about the political future of Germany’s ruling elite.”
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Sources: EFE – Xinhua
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