Overview
- Russian diplomats, embassy staff, students, and German activists laid wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten to mark 80 years since its opening.
- The Russian Embassy in Berlin honored former GDR servicemen who led an “80 Soviet memorials” campaign, presenting certificates of gratitude.
- Nechaev conveyed a letter from President Vladimir Putin and an honorary certificate from the Russian Military‑Historical Society to the activists.
- The envoy warned against efforts to recast or remove Soviet memorials, stressing protections under bilateral agreements and German monument law.
- Nechaev referenced a Berlin symposium organized by the Polish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian embassies with German Foreign Ministry funding that examined the monuments’ legal and political status.