Russia said on Thursday that, it is closing the Moscow bureau of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and revoking staff accreditations in Russia, in response to Berlin's ban on the German-language channel of Russian state TV network RT.<br />''<br />''Deutsche Welle called the decision absurd and a complete overreaction. The German government said the move was unacceptable and had no basis of comparison whatsoever with Berlin's ruling on RT.<br />''<br />''Germany's Culture Minister Claudia Roth said that, she urgently appeal to the Russian side not to abuse RT's licensing problems for a political reaction.<br />''<br />''The announcement comes with tensions mounting between Russia and the West, particularly over fears of a Russian invasion of Europe's ally Ukraine.<br />''<br />''The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday it will also terminate the satellite and other broadcasting (output) of Deutsche Welle on Russian territory.<br />''<br />''Deutsche Welle — a German state-owned broadcaster — has services in 30 languages, including Russian.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The moves comes after Germany's broadcasting regulator on Wednesday announced it was banning the transmission of the channel "RT DE" over the lack of a broadcasting licence.</span><br />