Russia has vowed to respond "in kind" to German sanctions imposed after a failed explosive drone attack on Leipzig airport, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told dpa in Moscow on Tuesday evening.
Zakharova said the response would mirror those given to previous one-sided and unjust sanctions.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul held Russia responsible for the drone incident and announced punitive measures earlier Tuesday.
Wadephul said the Russian consulate in Bonn would be closed and the contract for the Russian House cultural institute in Berlin would be terminated. Moscow had already discussed on several occasions that, in response to the closure of the Russian House - a matter that has been debated before - the Goethe Institute would have to cease its work.
Zakharova said Moscow held Germany responsible for involvement in terrorist attacks against Russian citizens. Germany is Ukraine's biggest supporter. "Berlin sponsors terrorism," she said, referring to Germany's weapons deliveries and billions in aid to Ukraine.
Russia had denied involvement in the incident and claimed it was a provocation that "exclusively serves the goals of Kiev and the militarist wing of the European political class."
Ukraine and European governments needed arguments to continue channelling "unlimited financial resources into the hands of a corrupt regime" in Kiev, according to an earlier statement from the Russian embassy in Berlin.
