Nechaev promised to hold events on May 9 in Germany against the wishes of the authorities

All the planned events for May 9 in Germany will take place, despite the unfriendly steps of the local authorities. This was announced on May 7 by Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev.

"As for the Berlin authorities, who have been resorting to restrictions for the fifth year, frankly speaking, this does them no credit. We perceive this as an unfriendly action, we don't understand why this is being done <...> But we will still hold all the events that are planned, and there are a lot of them, on May 8, especially on May 9, with dignity and solemnity," Nechaev said.

The diplomat specified that the program includes laying wreaths at the central memorials and the Immortal Regiment in the center of Berlin.

Commemorative ceremonies are held in Potsdam. A flower laying ceremony is taking place at the Soviet garrison cemetery on Michendorfer Chaussee. This is one of the main Soviet necropolises on the outskirts of the city, where more than 5,000 people are buried. At 12:30 p.m., the laying of flowers takes place at the Soviet military cemetery in the center of Potsdam, where 383 servicemen are buried.

In addition, the ambassador has already participated in the reburial ceremony of the remains of 80 Soviet soldiers discovered in 2025 in the Krampnitz area on the territory of former military barracks. The Department of Memorialization managed to identify all the names. We are talking about Red Army soldiers from the 175th and 78th Infantry divisions who participated in the liberation of Potsdam in April 1945.

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But it should be remembered that disrespectful treatment of symbols is punishable, the lawyers noted.

Gunnar Lindemann, a member of the Berlin House of Representatives, said in an interview with Izvestia on May 4 that the decision of the Berlin police to ban the wearing of awards and listening to Russian and Soviet songs on May 8 and 9 was an attempt to rewrite history. The politician also noted that the winners have the right to "appropriately celebrate this liberation."

On May 6, the authorities of the Latvian city of Daugavpils also imposed restrictions on the celebration of Victory Day on May 9, the Eternal Flame there will be fenced. The authorities said that individual flower-laying at burial sites is not prohibited, but "actions that may be interpreted as glorification of Soviet objects" will not be allowed.