Tagesspiegel writes about this with reference to its own data.
According to the author of the article, in this way the German Chancellor may be trying to avoid conflict with the Russian leadership.
On February 3, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the first stage of retaliatory measures against the German media due to the situation with the ban on RT DE broadcasting.
As part of the retaliatory measures, the Deutsche Welle bureau was closed in Russia, the accreditations of all employees of the Russian bureau of this television and radio company were canceled, and its satellite and other broadcasting was terminated.