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.

Russland ist über den Umgang mit seinen Journalisten in Deutschland verstimmt und lädt den Botschafter in Moskau vor. Beim Termin wird es bizarr, deutschen Journalisten droht…

Im Streit um den Umgang mit Mitarbeitern russischer Staatsmedien in Deutschland ist der deutsche Botschafter in Moskau einbestellt worden. Nach einem langen Gespräch hat er das…

The goal is to inform Alexander Lambsdorff of retaliatory measures in response to the persecution of Russian journalists

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…

Earlier, the Foreign Ministry stated that it would present Alexander Lambsdorff with Moscow’s official response to the harassment of Russian journalists in Germany

According to the statement, "Berlin's continued practice of systematic harassment of Russian journalists in Germany and attempts to limit their professional activities under…

Moskau/Berlin (dpa) - Wie groß die Verständigungsprobleme zwischen Moskau und Berlin im Streit um den Umgang mit Journalisten sind, zeigt die Vorladung des deutschen Botschafters…