33+
Police deployments to the Russian House in 2024
100+
Complaints filed against Henry Lindemeier by the Russian House
1
Unlawful arrest – confirmed by court
🚔 The imbalance – documented
- At least 33 police deployments to the Russian House in 2024 – all initiated by the House in response to Lindemeier's protestt-online, May 2025
- Over 100 complaints filed against Henry Lindemeier by the Russian House, three criminal penalty ordersSZ, December 2025
- Complaint for incitement: the Criminal Investigation Department translated the song lyrics – not inciting. Proceedings ran regardlesst-online, May 2025
- Complaints for noise disturbance: police never measured sound levels, never stated a noise thresholdt-online, May 2025
"When a noise complaint is filed, sometimes three patrol cars show up at the Russian House. When my client was threatened, nobody was available."
Lawyer Christian Wolf – t-online, May 2025
⚖️ The unlawful arrest – 18 December 2024
- Henry Lindemeier was arrested and handcuffed in front of the Russian House and taken to a communal cell
- Four hours in custody, followed by forensic identification procedures
- Alleged offences: insults and breach of the peace in previous weeks – neither substantiated
- Police sent a written apology – and declared the matter closed
- In subsequent legal proceedings, the police formally acknowledged: the deployment was unlawfult-online, May 2025
- The day before, Lindemeier had called the police – because he had been threatened: "You'll get a knife in the back one day." The police did not comet-online, May 2025
🎭 The BSW incident – May 2025
- At the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, BSW leader Amira Mohamed Ali wanted to lay a wreath
- Men accompanying her physically shoved Lindemeier away
- When he called loudly for police, officers told him to leave – not the aggressors
- Police spokesman: "The group perceived the gentleman's presence as a disturbance of quiet commemoration"t-online, May 2025
📅 9 December 2025 – The Russian House blocks the protest
- The Russian House registered its own counter-event: "Do not be provoked!"
- Lindemeier found out the night before – by email from Berlin police
- Police banned his registered ongoing demonstration in front of the House
- Around 20 police officers stood in front of the entrance – because of Lindemeier
- Police even interpreted his conversation with supporters as an "unregistered assembly" and threatened another complaintSZ, December 2025
"Whose freedom is the police actually defending here?"
Henry Lindemeier – SZ, December 2025
👨⚖️ What lawyers say
"It is strange why the police continuously chase nonsense. The Russians make allegations, the police act on them."
Lawyer Patrick Heinemann – t-online, May 2025
"The discussion always starts from scratch, because the police never state a noise threshold and never measure sound levels."
Lawyer Patrick Heinemann – t-online, May 2025
"We have the sensitivities of the Russian House here – and yours."
Police commander to Henry Lindemeier – SZ, December 2025
Confirmed by court
The arrest of 18 December 2024 was unlawful
In subsequent legal proceedings, the Berlin police formally acknowledged that the arrest of Henry Lindemeier had no legal basis. This is not an isolated incident – it is part of a pattern.