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German prosecutors said on Monday they searched the home of two pro-Kremlin activists under suspicion that they violated a law that regulates the production and transfer of war weapons....

BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors said on Monday they searched the home of two pro-Kremlin activists under suspicion that they violated a law that...

"I live on and will tell the truth. And in that sense I consider myself innocent," said the woman, who calls herself a "peace activist" and was dubbed by German media as "Putins fangirl."

Elena Kolbasnikova, a Ukrainian national who lives in the western German city of Cologne and has spoken out in support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, argues that she has a right to freedom of speech.

Ukrainian activists hope that the Russians will not be allowed to use such symbols as the St George ribbon. — Ukrinform.

Several million Russian speakers live in Germany, a legacy of Soviet ties to Communist East Germany and decades of German dependency on Russian gas.

Factions of far-right groups and pro-Putin operatives have reportedly combined forces in Germany to push Berlin to end its support for Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion.

A minister in Kadyrov's government, Akhmed Dudayev, posted pictures of the event on Telegram and praised Kolbasnikova and Schlund as "ambassadors of goodwill" who are "on the side of truth." Chechnya's Ministry of Information, headed by Dudayev, said in a statement to Reuters it had nothing to do with organising the event. Also in 2022, the couple travelled to Donbas, the area of eastern Ukraine largely controlled by Russia.

COLOGNE (Germany), Jan 3 — In a square beneath the twin spires of Cologne’s gothic cathedral, around 2,000 protesters gathered in September to urge Germany’s government to...