The demonstration took place outside the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court as the trial opened under tight security. Protesters held signs declaring “Russia is a Terrorist” and challenged the decision to bring war crimes charges. One placard drew a distinction between damaging a gas pipeline and bombing buildings or killing civilians. Ivan Kuritsyn , from Citizens’ Initiative Vilni De Ua, a non-profit organisation set up by Ukrainians displaced by the war, said the demonstrators had come to show their solidarity with Serhii Kuznietsov . The 50-year-old defendant, identified by German prosecutors as Serhii K. , is accused of helping organise the operation that damaged Nord Stream 1 and 2 on 26 September 2022.
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