Lavrov Accuses Germany of 'Wanting War Again' Over Drone — SkimNews
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- Sergei Lavrov accused Germany of "wanting war again" in a September 6, 2026 interview, dismissing Berlin's claim that Russia was behind an explosive drone found at Leipzig airport.
- Germany's government blamed Moscow for the incident, saying Russia sent "low-level agents" for an attempted "hybrid attack" with an explosive-laden drone at the strategic eastern German airport.
- Moscow and Berlin closed each other's cultural centers this week, with EU countries summoning Russian envoys in response to the drone incident.
- Lavrov cited the expulsion of Russia's consulate general from Bonn and the closure of the Russian House in Berlin as evidence, drawing a parallel to pre-World War II Germany and accusing Berlin of Nazism.
- Lavrov warned that "the Russian leadership will draw the appropriate conclusions," in an interview that aired on Russian state TV ahead of tightly controlled parliamentary elections later this month.
Why it matters: The confrontation has already produced concrete retaliatory measures — consulate closure, cultural center shutdowns, and EU-wide envoy summonses — while Lavrov escalated rhetoric to WWII and Nazism parallels, framing the dispute as a broader historical reckoning rather than a single incident.
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