Germany for the first time since the beginning of the war in Ukraine deported Russians – media

For the first time, Russian citizens were deported from Germany to their homeland. This was reported by the German media Tagesschau on Wednesday, May 31.

The report says that Bavaria has become the first German federal state to carry out the repatriation of Russians to their homeland.

In particular, we are talking about two Russian citizens, one of whom is a convicted criminal. First, they were taken to Serbia on a scheduled flight in March, and from there they were taken to Russia.

The repatriation of the Russians took place as “unaccompanied deportations,” the newspaper noted. This meant that both men were not accompanied by federal police officers. Representatives of the federal authorities said in a commentary in the German media that the “escort under guard” was no longer needed.

It should be noted that after Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the deportation of Russians from Germany to the Russian Federation was initially excluded.

Currently, there are no direct flights between Russia and the European Union. Interactions between security agencies are kept to a minimum.

German media already reported in February that some federal states are reconsidering the possibility of deporting Russian citizens to Russia. In particular, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt and Hesse have such plans. We are mainly talking about criminals and terrorists who could be dangerous for Germany.

It can be recalled that the German government decided to close four of the five Russian consulates in Germany in response to Moscow’s decision to reduce the number of employees of German institutions in the Russian Federation to 350.