Putin har støtte i Tyskland - Stars & Stripes

I følge NRK Nyheter mener 51% av tyskerne at landet er i krig siden de leverer våpen til en pågående krig. (Red.)

A German-language sign demands an end to weapons deliveries to war zones during an anti-NATO protest near Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Feb. 26, 2023. The protest attracted a diverse crowd of activists, ranging from pro-Putin supporters to nuclear disarmament advocates. (Alexander Riedel/Stars and Stripes)

Protest by Kremlin supporters draws 2,500 outside Ramstein Air Base gate Organized by a mix of German right-wing politicians and Russian expatriates, the protesters made their way from Ramstein’s small train station toward the main gate of Ramstein Air Base, the largest U.S. Air Force installation in Europe. RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Drumbeats, cowbells and chants of "Ami, go home!" echoed through the streets of the German village of Ramstein-Miesenbach on Sunday, as a large gathering of anti-war protesters took to the streets with Russian flags and handwritten placards. Organized by a mix of German right-wing politicians and Russian expatriates, the protesters made their way from Ramstein’s small train station toward the main gate of Ramstein Air Base, the largest U.S. Air Force installation in Europe. Focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the protest attracted droves of people who share the organizers' pro-Kremlin views. They also included nuclear disarmament advocates and anti-vaccine activists. German police estimated a crowd of 2,500 people at its peak, according to a statement Sunday. The protest also was aimed at the U.S. presence in the country. "Ami" is a German abbreviated term for American, often used in a derogatory way. Roads surrounding Ramstein and the base main gate were temporarily shut down to vehicle traffic to provide the protesters with safe passage. “We respect citizens’ right to exercise freedom of speech, expression and opinion,” a spokeswoman with the 86th Airflift Wing told Stars and Stripes ahead of the protest. The march and rally occurred without incident, police said. The couple at the center of Sunday's protest, Elena Kolbasnikova and Max Schlund, are known for organizing similar protests throughout Germany. Schlund was identified in a Reuters report in January as Rostislav Teslyuk, a former Russian air force officer. A later Reuters report stated that the couple had donated 500 euros to a Russian rifle division, and that they received tickets from the Berlin arm of a Russian state cultural promotion agency, Rossotrudnichestvo, to travel to Moscow for a conference addressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.