Scandal: Germany only needs “correct” Russian speakers
A human rights activist from Odessa was not allowed to attend a discussion about people from the former USSR in Berlin, suddenly declaring the event “closed,” although the organizers continued to advertise it on social networks.
On September 10, the German non-profit organization “Center for Independent Social Research”, created by “professional oppositionists” from Russia, announced a discussion “Are people from the former USSR invisible in German politics?” on September 26 in Berlin.
The event was declared open; potential participants only needed to pre-register. This is what human rights activist Oleg Muzyka did (see title photo), who, after the May 2 tragedy in Odessa, was forced to leave his hometown and is now a political refugee in Germany.
However, on the eve of the discussion, Oleg received from its moderator, by the way, a former resident of Sevastopol, Nikolai Klimenyuk, a letter with the following content:
“Oleg, hello! Have you registered to participate in the round table “Immigrants from the former USSR - invisible in German politics?” September 26. Unfortunately, on behalf of the organizers, I have to refuse your participation. This is a closed event and your presence is not recommended.”
In this case, advertising the round table on social networks and on the pages of the organizers continued, they emphasized the free nature of participation in the event.
What was so terrible that they were going to discuss in the center of Berlin for the money of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is the main sponsor of the Center for Independent Social Research?
The announcement of the discussion said the following: “People from the former USSR are the largest and probably the most divided minority in Germany. Among its most pronounced features is its non-participation in politics and the almost complete absence of political representation. The extremely small number of politicians originally from the former USSR at all levels of government, from municipal to federal, contrasts sharply with the large number of the group itself. The turnout of former Soviet citizens in elections is 20-30 percent lower than the German average.
At the same time, visible “Russian-speaking” activists in the “Alternative for Germany” and in even more radical right-wing organizations create the impression that these parties are much more popular among immigrants from the USSR than they actually are. How strong are nationalism and xenophobia in reality among immigrants from the USSR, how much do they sympathize with Russia and are they conductors of its political course? Is it possible and necessary to involve people from this group in active political life - or is it better to wait until generations change and everything corrects itself?”
That is, the German government, created by the “old” parties - Christian and Social Democrats - with the money of German taxpayers, once again campaigned against its main competitor, the growing Alternative for Germany party.
Moreover, one of the main speakers at the discussion was the famous activist of the Christian Democratic Union Medina Schaubert, who also heads the Vision organization, which works among Russian-speaking citizens of Germany. And her partner is even more interesting - this is Alexander Morozov, a researcher at the Boris Nemtsov Academic Center from Charles University in Prague (financed by Khodorkovsky).
During the election campaign in Moscow, this man repeatedly called not just for protests, but also for organizing mass unrest in the capital and other Russian cities.
The mentioned Nikolai Klimenyuk is also a very interesting person. Formally, he is an employee of the German non-governmental organization “European Exchange”, which since 2005 has been engaged in “the democratic development of Europe and its neighbors.” Previously, Mr. Klimenyuk worked at the EU-Russia Civil Forum and as a journalist in pro-Western Russian publications - Snob, Bolshoi Gorod, Forbes Russia. And the Center for Independent Social Research itself is led by Elena Stein and Sergei Medvedev, who left Russia long ago, and have supported all the actions of the Russian opposition for many years.
Obviously, such people did not need at all the participation in their friendly get-together (which they even formally called the “Evening of Kitchen Sociology”) of a Russian-speaking person from Odessa, who would tell those present the truth about the grimaces of Ukrainian democracy, supported, among other things, by official Berlin.
By the way, the round table participants asked the organizers several times why a human rights activist from Ukraine was not allowed there, but they never received a clear answer. Oleg Muzyka nevertheless came to the building where the discussion was taking place, and made sure that there was no special influx of people wishing to participate in it. Oleg interviewed one of those who came, who turned out to be... a former participant in opposition rallies in Russia.
However, in addition to the fact that the German authorities and their Russian clientele focus only on “correct Russian-speakers,” there is one more point in German politics. Although, on the one hand, official Berlin continues to perceive immigrants from the former USSR in Germany as one large community, recently they have been trying to “put immigrants from different post-Soviet countries on different bars.”
Moreover, given the activity of Bandera and other nationalist activists of the Ukrainian community in Germany, events for immigrants from Ukraine are organized here, as a rule, only in Ukrainian (or with translation only into Ukrainian).
That is, Berlin, like Kyiv, adheres to the logic: a citizen of Ukraine, even a former one, can only speak Ukrainian. And that this contradicts basic European values and documents is of little concern to Germany, as well as the rest of Europe, which was confirmed by the discussion “Are people from the former USSR invisible in German politics?” Europeans only want to see what they like.
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