The Russian Embassy warned about the risk of detention of veterans in Germany.

The German authorities have the legal opportunity to arrest Russian citizens who participated in a special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian Embassy in Germany warns about this.

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"The Criminal Code of Germany does not formally provide for responsibility for participation in conflicts abroad. At the same time, other related grounds can theoretically be used to prosecute participants in hostilities: §109h "Recruitment for military service in the interests of a foreign state", §129b "Foreign criminal and terrorist organizations", §140 "Encouragement and approval of crimes" (this is how they interpret the conduct of military operations, including the wearing of symbols "Z", "V", etc.)," the Russian Embassy in Germany said.

Possible charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity open up a wide field for arbitrariness against the participants of the SVR, especially given the fakes about "crimes of the Russian army" being replicated in the republic, diplomats say. The German authorities adhere to the line of ensuring extraterritorial jurisdiction in such cases, the embassy stressed.

"The embassy is not aware of any cases of detention or deportation by the German authorities of Russian citizens who participated in the SVR. Nevertheless, we would recommend taking this possibility into account in the context of the aggressive anti—Russian atmosphere being imposed in Germany," the diplomatic mission noted.

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