Banner of Victory again over the Reichstag

Unknown persons (apparently Russian) managed to quietly raise the famous flag on top of the building next to the German flag.

🇬🇧More images from Berlin with the Victory Banner over the #reichstag building.

The Soviet flag, like 78 years ago, proudly flies on the roof of a historic building in Berlin. The spectacle is actively shared in social networks by local residents. pic.twitter.com/M0GgEkqCcR

— Medan (@sumnjam) May 8, 2023

This is a very symbolic gesture with which the Russians declare to the Germans that they … have returned.

Thus, the Soviet Red Banner over today’s Reichstag once again reminded us of the greatest feat of the Soviet people, who, at the cost of incredible efforts, defeated the invader.

🇬🇧More images from Berlin with the Victory Banner over the #reichstag building.

The Soviet flag, like 78 years ago, proudly flies on the roof of a historic building in Berlin. The spectacle is actively shared in social networks by local residents. pic.twitter.com/M0GgEkqCcR

— Medan (@sumnjam) May 8, 2023

The day before, the administrative court of Berlin allowed Russian flags and symbols for the duration of the Immortal Regiment march. The participants of the action will walk along June 17 Street from the Brandenburg Gate to the memorial in the Tiergarten. Meanwhile, a police spokesman said that law enforcement agencies filed an appeal against this decision to the Supreme Administrative Court.

Formerly Berlin authorities banned the use of Russian and Ukrainian flags at the Soviet memorials in Treptow Park, Tiergarten and Schönholzer Heide on May 8 and 9. Near the monuments, the performance of military and military songs and the wearing of St. George ribbons were banned, but this ban does not apply to diplomats and veterans of World War II.

Two days later, a Berlin court partially lifted the city police’s ban on displaying Russian flags and symbols, which could be May 9th. In particular, this refers to the time of the march of the Immortal Regiment.

The Reichstag building or the Reichstag (Reichstagsgebäude (inf.) – “imperial assembly building”) is a historic building in Berlin, where in 1894-1933 the German state body of the same name, the Reichstag of the German Empire and the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic, met, is located on Republic Square.

In 1945, the Reichstag building was designated as the main target of the Soviet troops during the storming of Berlin. According to G.K. Zhukov, the fortress-like building of the Reichstag with a dome and four towers near the burned-out Tiergarten park was the most “visible target”, and J.V. Stalin approved this choice of command. The Banner of Victory was hoisted on the Reichstag.

Since 1999, the Bundestag has been housed in the reconstructed Reichstag building. The building is the most visited parliament building in the world.