# Russia to close branches of Germany’s Goethe-Institut

https://mins.news/en/item/43063

- DW, 2026-09-03 03:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/russia-to-close-branches-of-germany-s-goethe-institut/a-78815269?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said branches of Germany’s Goethe-Institut in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg would be closed. The move follows Germany’s announcement that it would shut the Russian House in Berlin.

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