{"id":50327,"date":"2025-04-25T20:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50327\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T20:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:51:11","slug":"russian-ambassador-booed-at-wwii-commemoration-event-in-germany-after-showing-up-uninvited-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50327\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian ambassador booed at WWII commemoration event in Germany after showing up uninvited \u2013 photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechayev has once again appeared at a commemorative event without an invitation \u2013 this time, he showed up at a ceremony in the town of Torgau marking the 80th anniversary of the historic handshake between American and Soviet soldiers on the Elbe River on 25 April 1945.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>German press agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpa.com\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dpa<\/a>, as reported by European Pravda\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong> Surrounded by journalists and local residents, Nechayev said: &#8220;We must remember the fallen soldiers, so this day is very important for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before the event, Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev had called for the Russian ambassador not to be allowed to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what he thought about not being welcome, Nechayev responded: &#8220;I don\u2019t feel that way, I feel comfortable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador spoke with several attendees. A black-and-orange ribbon, which Russians regard as a symbol of the Second World War, adorned his lapel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&#xA0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/b3e5322-492515354-1123052599861565-1057229910467916718-n.jpg\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sergei Nechayev.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Russian Embassy in Germany<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kretschmer, Minister-President of the German state of Saxony, addressed Ambassador Nechayev with clear words regarding the war Russia has unleashed against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was Russia that started the war against Ukraine in violation of international law. Not in [2022], but back in 2014. And only Russia, only Russia must end this war,&#8221; Kretschmer said, addressing Nechayev, who was booed by the crowd several times.<\/p>\n<p>Kretschmer also acknowledged the enormous Soviet losses, but reminded those present that the final victory in the East was not solely Russia\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Among them [the Soviet army \u2013 ed.] were many Russians, but also Ukrainians, Belarusians and Georgians. It would have been nicer, more appropriate, if we had been joined by representatives of Ukraine, Georgia or Belarus,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kretschmer suggested that they may have refused to attend due to the presence of the Russian ambassador.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Last week, Nechayev also showed up uninvited at the Seelow Heights Memorial, accompanied by security and his Belarusian counterpart.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Meanwhile, controversy erupted in Brandenburg after Nechayev announced plans to attend events marking the end of WWII, despite having his invitation revoked.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Axel Drecoll, director of the memorial, stated that if Nechayev dared to appear, he would have to deal with the police.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Support Ukrainska Pravda on<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pravdaua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechayev has once again appeared at a commemorative event without an invitation \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[18815,1824,332],"class_list":{"0":"post-50327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-diplomatic-ties","9":"tag-germany","10":"tag-russia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114400584402096624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}