Russian envoy stirs controversy attending WWII event in Germany
- Russian Ambassador Sergei Nechayev attended the 80th anniversary Elbe Day commemoration at the Meeting Memorial in Torgau on April 25, 2025.
- His participation drew dispute due to Moscow's military attack on Ukraine which began in 2014 and escalated in February 2022.
- Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev had previously requested barring the Russian representative from the event.
- Saxon Premier Michael Kretschmer acknowledged the huge Red Army losses, stating 12 million soldiers died in World War II.
- Kretschmer addressed the ambassador directly, stating Russia alone must end the war in Ukraine.
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Saxony - Russian Ambassador Nechaev remembers World War II - Kretschmer condemns the war against Ukraine in Torgau
Russian ambassador Netchev also took part in the memorial event on the occasion of the meeting of American and Soviet troops in Europe at the end of the Second World War in Torgau, Saxony.
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