An action in defense of the Russian House will be held in Berlin on September 4.

A rally in defense of the Russian House after the decision of the German authorities to close it will be held in Berlin on September 4. The demonstration "Bridges instead of walls" will take place at the building of the Russian House on Friedrichstrasse. This was announced to Izvestia on September 1 by the organizers of the event.

"We consider unacceptable not only the closure of the Russian House, but also the very raising of such an issue," said one of the organizers.

About 200-300 people are expected to participate in the action, including German politicians and public figures. A petition has also been launched in support of the Russian House, which has already been signed by more than 7 thousand people. The organizers intend to preserve the institution, including through legal means.

At the same time, a counter-demonstration was registered near the Russian House under the slogan "No Kremlin in Berlin!" Its participants demand the closure of the institution and the termination of the Russian-German agreements on the basis of which it operates.

"Of course, we will actively protest, especially considering that it is the Germans who bear a huge historical responsibility. After all, in 1945 we were liberated from fascism, and 27 million people from the Soviet Union gave their lives for it," said Gunther Buntemann, a representative of the initiative for the Protection of the Russian Home in Berlin.

He said that the decision of the German authorities had horrified the activists. Buntemann also recalled Germany's historical responsibility and the role of the Soviet Union in liberating Europe from Nazism.

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German Foreign Ministry Johann Vadefuhl announced on September 1 that the German authorities had decided to close the Russian Consulate General in Bonn by September 18, as well as to terminate the agreement on the activities of the Russian House in Berlin. Vadefulh also reported on other measures. The Russian ambassador in Berlin was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry, and entry controls were tightened for Russian citizens.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Germany would receive a "fitting response" for closing the consulate General. She noted that Berlin's decision to close the Russian House was due to an invented reason.