# FACTBOX: What to know about Russian Foreign Ministry summoning German charge d’affaires

https://mins.news/en/item/42216

- TASS, 2026-09-02 14:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2181347

> Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned German Charge d’Affaires Bernd Finke on September 2 over what it called anti-Russian actions and statements by German authorities. Finke stayed for about an hour. The move follows Germany’s decision to close Russia’s Consulate General in Bonn, with Moscow promising an appropriate and swift response.

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