Political background 27.02.2021

First public display of the “Putin is a Killer” banner

On 27 February 2021, the anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s murder, the “Putin is a Killer” banner was displayed for the first time outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, above a plywood figure of Putin made earlier. The previous installation, from August/September 2020, still bore the inscription “From Russia with love, tea, Novichok”.

Comment — assessment by Dmitry Bagrash

The police had already seen the banner that day, helped to set it up and photographed it. There was no complaint.

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