Russia is demanding the closure of the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg and that it stop operating before September 18. Russia also requires all German Goethe-Institutes in the country to cease operations, and their staff must leave the country before September 13.

Russia is demanding the closure of the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg and that it stop operating before September 18. Russia also requires all German Goethe-Institutes in the country to cease operations, and their staff must leave the country before September 13.