The Berlin police wanted to ban Ukrainian and Russian flags for World War II commemoration days on May 8th and 9th. Then a court decided: Only the Ukrainian one may be shown. Not everyone likes the Soviet monument in Tiergarten.
On the square of March 18, Claus Bubolz stands in a cluster of police officers and tries to explain himself. Protest signs and rolled-up flags lie at his feet. The Soviet, the Russian, the US and the British. Bubolz, a frail man with gray hair and dark circles under his eyes, is one of those activists who you’re never quite sure what they’re demonstrating for or against. According to his posters, he stands for the Basic Law, for artistic freedom and peace for all. So far, so harmless. Bubolz registered his one-man meeting. But the thing with the flags is such a thing on Monday in Berlin.
Source: Stern
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