The diplomat recalled that a lot of Russophobic steps are being taken against Russia, in particular, Berlin is spreading a "new lie".

She recalled the case when Germany rejected reports of the expulsion of Russian diplomats, but then they went to Russia.

According to her, in this way the German Foreign Ministry acts secretly from the public.

"Germany started the whole story with the expulsions - not us. For me, the mystery of the century, why Germany does not make open statements on this hot topic that affects Russian-German relations, "TASS quoted her as saying.

On April 22, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Germany had decided on the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats.

Moscow said that in response, more than 20 German diplomats would be expelled from Russia.