Investigations against pro-Russian association: focus on terrorism!

The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating Pro-Russian association "Friedensbrücke" for suspected terrorism and support of militias in Eastern Ukraine.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating Pro-Russian association "Friedensbrücke" for suspected terrorism and support of militias in Eastern Ukraine. (Symbolbild/NAG)

Investigations against pro-Russian association: focus on terrorism!

Brandenburg, Deutschland - On Tuesday morning, the police and judiciary carried out extensive missions in Berlin, Königs Wusterhausen and Wandlitz. The reason for this was an investigation by the Federal Prosecutor's Office, which had the subject of suspicion of supporting a terrorist association abroad. The focus of the investigation is the "Friedensbrücke - War Sacrificial Aid" association, which was founded in 2015 and has since provided humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine, an area that has been strongly influenced by Russia since 2014. According to MAZ-Online.de were carried out on both 800 projects and military units were.

The focus of the investigation is the 52-year-old Liane K., who has lived in Moscow since 2022 and has achieved Russian citizenship there in April 2023. An arrest warrant against you and another member of the association, which is also in Russia, has already been issued. Despite the serious allegations, Liane K. left an inquiry about this unanswered. The suspicion is that the association has delivered militarily usable goods such as lubricating and weapon oil as well as accessories for combat drones to support pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine. This support is classified by the federal prosecutor as terroristically, since the People's Republics Donetsk and Luhansk are considered terrorist associations. This was underpinned by the research of the Tagesschau.de

searches and arrest warrants

The searches were carried out both by the Federal Criminal Police Office and the police in Berlin and concerned several locations: a property in Zernsdorf (Königs-Wusterhausen), a house in Wandlitz and the club office in Friedrichshain, Berlin. There is a suspicion that members of the "Friedensbrücke" club have supported the Russian attack war against Ukraine since 2015 to 2022. Among other things, this support includes the inlet of funds into the occupied areas by the member Klaus K., a former professional officer of the NVA, who also lives in Russia, and against whom there is no arrest warrant.

The chairman Liane K. If one accuses of having accessed pro -Russian videos and propaganda on social media and called for blockages as well as resistance to western military transportation. So far, however, she has not responded to the charges, while Klaus K. rejects the allegations as baseless and sees the searches as an attack on his political activity. Support for the association comes from the Brandenburg government coalition, where Christian Dorst describes the allegations as "constructed".

context and international developments

In the context of current developments, it can be observed that Ukraine has strengthened its attacks on Russia, which also complicated the situation. Report to the orf.at According to the struggle between different militias and the Russian military in border regions such as Belgorod and Kursk. This dynamic contributes to tightening the geopolitical tensions in the region and could also have an impact on the discussions about the support of aid organizations and the role of politicians in supporting such initiatives.

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