From shop fronts spattered with paint to insults thrown in the street, attacks on the Russian community in Germany have spiked since the start of the war in Ukraine. As a result, some Russians have staged demonstrations “against Russophobia” in the form of vehicle convoys across the nation, which has the largest Russian diaspora in the EU, but the demonstrations have sparked a backlash, with many interpreting them as a show of support for Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine. Christian Freier, 40, has been sent hundreds of death threats a day since helping to organize a 400-strong veh...