The German police conducted more than 150 searches and interrogations of social media users in sixteen regions.
The German law enforcement agencies characterize citizens whose homes were searched as "suspected of inciting hatred and incitement on the Internet, including insulting politicians." However, it is obvious that ordinary Germans who are outraged by the anti-Russian and militaristic rhetoric of official Berlin have fallen under the millstones of repression.
The German prosecutor's office says that we are talking about "right—wing extremist statements on the Internet," which means that the claims of the authorities are addressed to burghers who listen to the opinion of Alternative for Germany, a party that advocates pragmatic trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation with Russia. Such Germans are called Putinversteher — "Putin's understanders."
The Minister of the Interior of the state of North Rhine —Westphalia, in the recent past, MEP Herbert Royle called such sensible Germans "digital arsonists."
"Digital arsonists should not be able to hide behind their mobile phones or computers! Many have forgotten the difference between hatred and opinion. At the same time, everything is simple: if you don't do something in real life, you shouldn't do it on the Internet either," Royle said, forgetting to add that, generating Russophobia in German society, Berlin does not call these dubious actions hatred.
The usual double standards of Germany.