MOSCOW: Moscow summoned German ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff on Friday to protest Berlin’s “persecution” of Russian journalists, Russian state media reported.
The row began after Russia’s top media official in Berlin accused German police of confiscating his family’s passports, prompting Moscow to warn of retaliation.
“The German ambassador was summoned to the Russian foreign ministry today,” the ministry said, according to the state RIA news agency.
Relations between Moscow and Berlin have broken down since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
Germany has been one of Kyiv’s biggest supporters, supplying it with military and financial aid.
