# Around 70 Russian consulate workers and family members must leave Germany — consul

https://mins.news/en/item/45799

- TASS, 2026-09-04 17:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2182941

> Around 70 employees of Russia’s Consulate General in Bonn and their family members will have to leave Germany after Berlin decided to close the diplomatic mission, Consul General Oleg Krasnitsky said. He added that the consulate employs only staff sent from Russia and their relatives, not foreign nationals.

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