According to the police, the dangerous object, which was found on Friday in the building of a Russian news agency in Berlin-Steglitz, is an incendiary device.
However, this did not ignite, a police spokeswoman told the German Press Agency on Saturday.
Forensic technicians destroyed the incendiary device, no one was injured.
According to the spokeswoman, it was initially unclear whether it was an attack.
“There are also offices from other companies in the building.
The background is not yet known, the investigation is ongoing".
Officials found the object in a light well in the building housing Russia's Ria Novosti news agency on Friday afternoon.
Initially, the police were called because of a bottle thrown at the building.
Ria Nowosti herself wrote in the Telegram news service about a canister wrapped with wires and that it was the home of correspondents.
Further details, in particular whether there was a connection with the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, were not initially known.