独各地で親ロ派デモ ウクライナ支持も集結

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】ドイツ各地で先週末にかけ、親ロシア派によるデモが行われた。ドイツ国内のロシア語話者は、同国によるウクライナ侵攻以来、差別に直面していると訴えている。（写真は親ロシア派デモの様子）
　ドイツにはロシア系住民１２０万人、ウクライナ系住民３２万５０００人がいる。当局は、ロシアとウクライナの紛争が国内に持ち込まれ、ロシア政府の主張を広めるために利用されるのではないかと懸念している。
　金融の中心地フランクフルトでは１０日、約８００人が参加する親ロシア派デモが行われた。参加者はロシアの国旗を手に、「憎悪と嫌がらせ」に抗議した。
　参加者の男性（２４）は「平和を支持する。だからここに来た」とし、「ロシア語を話す子どもたちが学校で暴力を受けている。許されないことだ」と述べた。
　ウクライナへの支持を示すカウンターデモも行われ、２５００人が参加した。「プロパガンダではなく真実と意見の多様性を」と書かれたバナーを持つ人の姿も見られた。
　現場には多数の警察官が配置された。警察は、親ウクライナ派と親ロ派のデモ隊を分けるため、広範囲に規制線を張った。
　ウクライナのアンドリー・メルニク駐独大使は、当局が親ロ派デモを許可したことに強く抗議。ドイツにとって「大きな恥」だと非難した。
　北部の都市ハノーバーの警察は、ロシア語話者の呼び掛けで約６００台の車両が集結したとＡＦＰに語った。北西部オスナブリュックでは親ロ派デモに２００人が参加。ウクライナ支持のデモの参加者は３５００人だった。
　９日には、シュツットガルトや北部リューベックでも親ロ派デモが行われた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/04/12-13:02）

Pro-Russia protesters rallied in Germany on Sunday, the country's significant Russian-speaking population demanding an end to the discrimination it says it has suffered since war began in Ukraine.
Germany is home to 1.2 million people of Russian origin and 325,000 from Ukraine. Authorities fear the conflict could be imported into Germany and the protests used to promote Moscow's war narrative.
Police have recorded 383 anti-Russian offences and 181 anti-Ukrainian offences since the Kremlin's invasion started on February 24.
Around 800 people descended on financial hub Frankfurt Sunday, police said, amid a sea of Russian flags to protest against hatred and harassment, an AFP journalist saw. There was a heavy police presence.
The protesters were outnumbered by 2,500 people taking part in a counter-demonstration in support of Ukraine.
I came here because I support peace, Ozan Yilmaz, 24, told AFP. Children are beaten at school because they speak Russian, that's not acceptable.
Sebastian, 25, was also in the pro-Russia crowd. The war didn't start this year, he said.
It has been going on since 2014 and so I find that speaking of an attack against Ukraine by Russia is not really appropriate.
Police threw up a large cordon to separate the protesters -- marching behind a banner that read Truth and diversity of opinion over PROPAGANDA -- from a pro-Ukraine counter-demonstration near the city's central banking district.
Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, strongly opposed the green light given by German authorities to the protests, describing it as a huge shame for the country.
Melnyk also said it was a declaration of failure for the government's policy, which he viewed as ambivalent towards Moscow.
Approximately 600 demonstrators staged a car convoy in the northern city of Hanover following an appeal by the Russian-speaking community, local police told AFP, while 200 people took part in a rally in Osnabruck, northwest Germany.
Police said they were closely monitoring the convoy. A counter-demonstration in the city under the banner Support Ukraine! attracted 3,500 people, according to police.
Similar protests were held on Saturday in Stuttgart and in the northern city of Lubeck, where around 150 people took part.
Lubeck police said they had stopped a convoy of around 60 vehicles because it broke the law by expressing support for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and using banned symbols.