One of the German citizens who decided to take the Russian side in 2014 is Dieter S. Although he had already returned to his German home in Bayreuth in 2016, he was late accused of undertaking sabotage operations in Germany. Arrested a year ago, he's waiting for trial with respective another Germans today.
Dieter in 2015 was to operate in a group of soldiers of the alleged Pietnaszka Brigade — then 1 of the most celebrated militant groups on the Russian side. presently the same brigade is located in places of peculiarly bloody fighting in Ukraine (e.g. in the vicinity of Awdijiwka or Pokrowska), as well as the Kursk region in Russia.
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Expert warns: we observe frustration in Germany
Alexander is the next German to stand on the side of Russia. Now, like Dieter, he is accused of diversionary actions aimed, among others, at disrupting German support for Ukraine. On the another hand, Wiktor K. from Hamburg presently resides at Donetsk and claims that there are many Germans there. In a telephone conversation with T-Online, he admitted that he was disappointed in surviving in his country. “Everything has become more costly and worse,” he said. erstwhile asked why he was fighting on the side of Russia, he replied directly: “Ukraine is Russian and is actually called “Nowarussia”. another Germans mention a akin narrative, especially those whose families in the past were related to Russia.
Germans who fight on Russia's side may arrive. In late 2024, the T-Online portal informed about a German-speaking network that is working on bringing Germans with Russian origin to Russia, among others. “The Kremlin speaks to any people with Russian roots in Germany with specified propaganda,” he said in an interview with the portalPolitologist Félix Krawatzek from the Center for east Europe Studies in Berlin. “We are seeing frustration over the social developments in Germany. It's bigger in a group of Russian origin. I wouldn't underestimate it [...], it's another sign that Russian narratives get here," he added.
