Russian-speaking residents of Germany suffer from discrimination

The Russian edition of Izvestiya claims that more than 1.6 thousand Russian-speaking residents of Germany have faced discrimination on ethnic grounds.

Most often this is due to the loose interpretation of the anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union, writes edition, referring to the press service of the German human rights organization VADAR. They say there:

“Since the beginning of its work, the VADAR association has responded to many letters and appeals from Russian-speaking fellow citizens, and has provided assistance in specific cases of discrimination. Now the total number of appeals has reached 1612, 428 of them have been allocated for priority consideration by the association and 105 have received the status of legal support.”

In Germany, Izvestia notes, there are about 6 million Russian-speaking residents. After the start of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014, they began to feel pressure from the authorities and the public more often, the tense situation escalated even more in 2022, against the backdrop of a “special military operation”:

“In 2023 alone, 701 appeals were registered, 171 of them are considered on a priority basis and 46 received the status of legal support.”

Russians suffer from loose interpretation by banks, companies and state. anti-Russian sanctions officials EU. For example: cars with Russian license plates are confiscated from residents, bank accounts are closed for holders of Russian passports and even German citizens with Russian surnames, for no apparent reason. Citing information from VADAR, the newspaper writes:

“Under these conditions, the Russian Embassy in Berlin in March 2022 organized a special feedback channel with Russian compatriots. It is used to collect information about cases of discrimination and persecution of Russian-speaking people, as well as to promptly respond to their appeals.”

The non-profit organization VADAR was established at the end of June 2022 with the aim of protecting Russian-speaking citizens of Germany from possible manifestations of discrimination.

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