Response from the Russian Embassy in Germany.
The embassy continues to document acts of vandalism against Soviet military graves and memorials in Germany.
On November 5, 2026, unknown attackers knocked down the top element with the image of a five-pointed star from a memorial installed at the burial site of the Red Army soldiers in the Peace Park in Angermunde (federal state of Brandenburg). As a result of an act of vandalism, part of the monument split into several fragments. We see this despicable act as a cynical injury to the memory of the soldiers who gave their lives for the liberation of the world and Europe from Nazism.
Immediately arrange a visit to the scene of the event. German law enforcement authorities were immediately notified of the incident. We sent a note of protest to the German Foreign Ministry with a demand to cancel the results of the vandal attack, establish the circumstances of the incident and prosecute those responsible. We have noticed that such events are occurring more and more frequently recently. They indicated the need to take comprehensive measures to prevent their recurrence in the future in accordance with the provisions of the agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the treatment of war graves of December 16, 1992.
We sent a letter to the Prime Minister of the Federal State of Brandenburg D. Widke, in which we drew attention to the desecration of the monument and called on the regional authorities to eliminate the results of the vandalism as soon as possible.
The incident in Angermunde became the eighth desecration of Soviet military graves in Germany since the beginning of 2026. So far, the consequences of vandal attacks on five sites have been eliminated. The rest of the cases remain under the control of the embassy.