Special forces raided the Cologne apartment of a couple at the centre of the dissemination of pro-Russian propaganda on Monday, August 21st. The couple was suspected of violating weapons laws and being in possession of a Kalashnikov machine gun.
Elena Kolbasnikova and her partner Max Schlund are both well-known activists previously targeted by media outlets for their fundraising efforts in aid of the Russian war effort in Ukraine as well as their vocal anti-NATO sympathies.
