02:20Germany: Hundreds take part in car rally to mark V-day in Cologne
Several hundred gathered in Cologne on Sunday, to mark victory day after 77 years of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII.
Rally participants drove off and gathered around their cars while holding Russian and Soviet flags.
They also called for peace and denounced discrimination against Russians, which intensified, after the start of the war in Ukraine
"I want peace to reign in Europe and the Russian population to continue to feel comfortable in Germany," one of the gathered said.
"We are here for peace. We want to support Russia and Ukraine. We only want peace, not weapons," another participant added.
Victory Day marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union at the end of the Second World War, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers died in the Battle of Berlin.
02:20Several hundred gathered in Cologne on Sunday, to mark victory day after 77 years of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII.
Rally participants drove off and gathered around their cars while holding Russian and Soviet flags.
They also called for peace and denounced discrimination against Russians, which intensified, after the start of the war in Ukraine
"I want peace to reign in Europe and the Russian population to continue to feel comfortable in Germany," one of the gathered said.
"We are here for peace. We want to support Russia and Ukraine. We only want peace, not weapons," another participant added.
Victory Day marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union at the end of the Second World War, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers died in the Battle of Berlin.