Earlier in the day, Russia's Channel One said that the German authorities are closing the bureau of the broadcaster in the country, the correspondent and the cameraman will have to leave the country in the first half of December.
"In response to the unfriendly actions of official Berlin, which were taken against Russian correspondents... as a mirror measure, it is prescribed to German correspondents to hand over their accreditation certificates and leave the territory of the Russian Federation," Zakharova told a briefing.
Russia will be ready to issue accreditation to new ARD employees after Germany creates normal work conditions for journalists from Russia, the diplomat added.
The German Foreign Ministry stated that the authorities did not shut down the Berlin bureau of Channel One. Russian journalists allegedly can continue working in Germany, and the issue may relate to visa matters.