Berlin bans demonstration of Soviet symbols on May 8th and 9th

Berlin police will ban the display of Soviet symbols at Victory Day celebrations on May 8th and 9th. This was reported on May 4 by the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper.

"Flags and banners of the former Soviet Union, Belarus and the Chechen Republic should be banned. <...> The ban also includes wearing military uniforms or parts of them, wearing military insignia, "displaying the letters 'V' or 'Z' individually or in a prominent place," as well as displaying St. George's ribbons," the article says.

The ban will also affect the display of images of the presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putin and Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, as well as the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The restrictions also apply to Russian marching or military songs, as well as the display of symbols and insignia.

In addition, Berlin law enforcement officers will again issue orders banning commemorative actions near the Soviet memorials in Tiergarten, Treptower Park and Schoenholzer Heide in connection with the celebration of Victory Day on May 8 and 9.

The newspaper emphasizes that such bans are not new, and law enforcement officers throughout Germany, starting in 2024, publish orders banning the demonstration of any Soviet symbols during the Victory Day celebrations. The orders that are planned to be issued this year will also be based on the orders of previous years.

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Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev said on April 29 that banning Victory Day symbols in Germany is considered immoral in Russia. He noted that Russia condemns the concealment of the leading role of the Red Army in defeating Nazism.