http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/54a7c55aa9c2de66 https://verfassungsblog.de/closing-without-closure/ Closing Without Closure - The Fiction of Ending Berlin's Russian House Knoll-Tudor, Bernhard eng 2026-09-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 International Law Russian War against Ukraine VCLT Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In the aftermath of the explosive-drone incident at Leipzig airport, German Foreign Minister Wadephul announced a package of measures against Russia, including the closure of Germany's last remaining Russian consulate-general in Bonn and the termination of the bilateral agreement governing the activity of Russian and German cultural centres – chief among them the “Russian House” in Berlin. Moving forward on the path of definite closure will, however, involve cutting a number of legal Gordian knots.