# Envoy hopes Russian House in Berlin will not be closed

https://mins.news/en/item/23467

- TASS, 2026-08-16 12:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2173859

> Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev said he hopes the Russian House in Berlin will remain open. He warned that Moscow could respond to its closure by shutting the Goethe-Institut in Moscow. Some German politicians have repeatedly called for the Russian House to be closed, while the BSW party has launched a petition opposing those demands.

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