A German teacher forces a Russian girl to apologize for Putin's policies!

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Russian community in Germany, as well as Germans of Russian origin, have complained of harassment in various areas of daily life, as the German "Deutsche Welle" network monitored a number of these abuses, including a shocking incident against a Russian girl.

The German civil activist of Ukrainian origin, Roman Friedrich, who is coordinating the collection of aid for Ukrainian refugees in the German city of Cologne, confirmed to Deutsche Welle that he received many calls in a short period about harassment of members of the Russian community in Germany.

Friedrich told Deutsche Welle: "What shocked me the most was that an elementary school teacher asked a Russian girl to stand in front of the whole class and apologize for Putin's policies!"

"A Russian high school boy in Cologne was beaten by classmates, a Polish woman was harassed in a computer store into thinking she was Russian, in addition to other daily harassment in workplaces, public transport and schoolyards," he explained.

Friedrich also stated that "this is not a widespread trend yet", but the number of cases is increasing.

The number of Russian-speaking people in Germany is estimated at six million, the vast majority of whom are German citizens who came from the countries of the former Soviet Union, especially from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

"Russian Germans" tend to adhere to conservative family values, have a high level of education, and are rarely unemployed.

Older people can be identified by their dialect.

Many shopkeepers in Germany are still hesitant about removing Russian products from the shelves, following an attack on a Russian-Polish store in the German city of Oberhausen, in which windows were smashed and walls smeared with anti-Russian graffiti.

While Friedrich called on German politicians to protect the Russian community amid the charged atmosphere, where he said: "When there is incitement to violence, the public prosecutor must take swift action."

He added: "Not all Russians can be held responsible for Moscow's actions. The rule of law must be applied and German society must fight proactively and decisively against these incidents."

"One day, my colleague got a call from a man who lives somewhere near the school. He told us that we are a disgrace to the whole street... and he shouted on the phone: You're murderers!"

Karitzky also confirmed that many children and young people were harassed in the street, from adults yelling at children on the bus because they spoke Russian, or teachers calling on their students to take a clear stand against Putin.

"They are afraid that something will happen to their children," she added, as parents are asking if they can still send their children to Russian school, after the attack in Oberhausen.

And the German-Armenian director added: "People should distinguish between aggressive war on the one hand and families living peacefully in Germany, which have absolutely nothing to do with it (the war)."

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