“2020 will be the Year of Germany in Russia. It will begin in the summer, and we will present a large program of events throughout the country, ”RIA Novosti quotes von Guyra.
He said that these "events will show the whole diversity of the cultural and social life of Germany."
In September, von Geir spoke of his great sympathy for the people and culture of Russia and expressed his readiness to begin work to strengthen German-Russian relations.