Posted on 06/08/2023 6:32:21 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
A Ukrainian national living in the western German city of Cologne has been ordered to pay a fine of around $964 (€900) for making comments in support of Russia's brazen invasion of Ukraine.
Elena Kolbasnikova — a prominent face among people who support Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany — "posed a threat to public peace" by delivering a speech at a pro-Russian protest, a court in Cologne said Tuesday while issuing the verdict.
During a protest held last year, Kolbasnikova reportedly said the invasion of Ukraine was "necessary" and also told a television channel that "Russia is not an aggressor," German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported.
A judge ruled that these comments by the 48-year-old woman were enough evidence to show that she had violated German laws. The woman "endorsed and supported" the Russian war "in a way that was perceptible to others," the judge said, according to The Telegraph.
Kolbasnikova, nicknamed "Putin's fangirl" by German media, was facing a possible prison sentence of up to three years in Germany or a heavy fine. However, the judge only issued the fine after considering the fact that the mother-of-two was unemployed.
The state broadcaster called the fine lenient.
After the sentencing, Kolbasnikova said she was "innocent."
"I live on and will tell the truth," the self-proclaimed "peace activist" said outside the district court in Cologne after the trial. "And in that sense, I consider myself innocent."
Kolbasnikova said she was ready to be punished if it would lead to "the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis." The "Nazis" is an apparent reference to the Ukrainian government and is akin to the Kremlin's narrative about its invasion of Ukraine.
Kolbasnikova, during Tuesday's trial, claimed the statements she made were her "own opinion" and is part of her right to freedom of speech.
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1/2 DW reported:
“A man in Hamburg was recently fined €3,000 for displaying the letter “Z” on his car window. The symbol has been seen on Russian military vehicles since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It is usually painted in white. ...
Nonetheless, Kolbasnikova did not seem to understand why she had been sentenced, expressing indignation. “Thirty days in prison or I have to pay €30 euros for each day. €900 to the state coffers because of the killing of people in the Donbas since 2014. That’s the truth of the people in Germany,” she said in Russian to reporters from Russian state television.”
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2/2 I thought all Ukrainians supported Zel.
But How thoughtful of the German Ministry of Truth to only fine her as they no doubt believed she committed a thought crime and skipped out on the two minutes of hate against Russia.
All the court had to do was either deport her or read the NYT article “Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History”
Then again, the NYT is obviously pro-Putin now and the German court might have thought the same.
I wanted to say I did Nazi that coming, however, I did!
SILENCE ALL CONTRARY VOICES! First step in Fascist takeovers. Europe is well on its way in that direction,
Approved by disgusting Zeepers.
Ah, those EU “democracies” - the iron jackboot in the velvet covering.
And we want to be in NATO with Germany? Yeah, yeah I know, soon free speech will be meaningless in America too and we’ll be just like our European betters. (That’s massive sarcasm for the mental midgets that know no better.)
Approved by disgusting Nazi Zeepers.
“Germany Fines Woman For Saying Russia Isn’t ‘Aggressor’ And Invasion Of Ukraine Was ‘Necessary’”
As far as the Neocons are concerned, it’s no different than saying that Holocaust NEVER happened.
From Newsweak, so it must be true:
NATO Says It Didn't Notice Ukraine Soldier's Apparent Nazi Symbol in Tweet
Germany has no concept of free speech. This version of the government never has. Any fan of games by ID Software knows that. They got kinda burned by free speech about 75 years ago and they’re still a bit gun shy.
I’m waiting for the Neocaust!
How very progressive.
Even the New York Slimes did.
Muslims can run around the U Bahn in any Germany city screaming ALLAHU AKHBAR, grope white women, and tell people they need to be beheaded and that is. I have witnessed polizei do absolutely nothing to the rapefugee scum.
There is no freedoms of speech (or thought) in Europe or America anymore.
“I’m waiting for the Neocaust!”
I wouldn’t mind seeing that bunch being deported to Syria, for example, and then explaining why a war killing 500,000 of their people was necessary...and if the Syrians thought that they were filled and BS and instead what they did rose to the level of capital punishment, then so be it.
Invasion Of Ukraine Was ‘Necessary’
She is right on the money and now the same war mongering idiots who orchestrated the war in Ukraine indicted President Trump. We are well on our way to a warmed over banana republic. I am just surprised how patiently Russia puts up with this crap.
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