The Ministry’s representative, Maria Zakharova, said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation recommended that Russians not travel to Germany unless absolutely necessary.
Everything indicates that the current German authorities deliberately continue to consider almost anyone on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany as suspicious, including permanently or temporarily resident Russian citizens, to create an atmosphere of distrust and a kind of toxicity around Russians, simply to poison Russians and Russian speakers, to impose absolute chaos and arbitrariness against them, etc.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, German authorities continue “sophisticated discrimination” against Russian citizens and Russian speakers. She cited as an example the confiscation of personal belongings from Russians at airports due to sanctions, as well as restrictions imposed on banking services.
on Website The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a recommendation against traveling to Germany at the end of next December. Why the administration decided to once again draw the attention of the Russians to this topic is not clear.
Germany, compared to other EU countries, is very strict in complying with the sanctions ban when crossing its borders. In 2023, German customs confiscated private cars with Russian plates en masse, interpreting the entry of owners with their own cars as an “import” of goods prohibited under the sanctions.
The sanctions also ban the export of “luxury goods” from the EU to Russia – this definition includes personal equipment worth more than €750 and all other goods worth more than €300. Russians who do not know this rule often have their goods confiscated at airports upon departure when they try to apply for tax exemption.