Entries - PomnymDocumented cases of how Russians are treated in Germany and the European Union. Every entry is dated and carries a link to the original reporting.https://www.pomnym.org/#feed-en2026-09-05T00:00:00ZPomnymThirty years of German polls on Russia, and almost none about Russianshttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/german-surveys-russia-and-russians-1996-20262026-09-05T00:00:00Z2026-09-05T00:00:00ZFour German survey series give dated readings on the Russian state from 1996 to 2026. None of them carries a long-run question about Russians as a people.Croatia refused visas to nine of Russia's gymnastics delegation, then issued fourhttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/croatia-visa-refusals-gymnasts2026-08-15T00:00:00Z2026-08-15T00:00:00ZNine of the 65 members of Russia's delegation to the 2026 European gymnastics championships in Zagreb were refused Croatian visas; four were admitted after European Gymnastics intervened.Sparkasse KoelnBonn restricted card and payment functions on about 2,000 accountshttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/sparkasse-koelnbonn-account-restrictions2026-05-08T00:00:00Z2026-05-08T00:00:00ZSparkasse KoelnBonn restricted online banking and card functions on about 2,000 accounts of Russian and Belarusian nationals who did not supply proof of EU residence status.CAS finds FIS ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes by nationality discriminatoryhttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/cas-rules-ski-nationality-ban-discriminatory2025-12-02T00:00:00Z2025-12-02T00:00:00ZTwo CAS panels found the FIS Council's blanket exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes by nationality discriminatory and in breach of the FIS Statutes; the appeals were only partly upheld.Latvia's migration office told 841 Russian citizens to leave by 13 October 2025https://www.pomnym.org/articles/latvia-residence-permit-expulsions2025-10-15T00:00:00Z2025-10-15T00:00:00ZLetters from Latvia's migration office asked 841 Russian citizens with expired permanent residence permits to leave by 13 October 2025; 358 had applied for new permits.Czech universities refused Russians and Belarusians; ombudsman faulted sanctions officehttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/czech-ombudsman-university-admissions2025-04-08T00:00:00Z2025-04-08T00:00:00ZCzech universities refused Russian and Belarusian applicants to technical programs on sanctions grounds; the ombudsman recorded fault against the regulator, not the schools.Reuters reports EU banks refusing accounts to Russian residents not under sanctionshttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/eu-banks-refuse-russian-residents2025-02-14T00:00:00Z2025-02-14T00:00:00ZReuters interviewed around two dozen Russian expatriates in the EU, or their lawyers, who were refused bank accounts or had accounts closed while not themselves under sanctions.ING restricted accounts it recorded as Russian; four Dutch customers' complaints failedhttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/netherlands-ing-account-restrictions2022-12-06T00:00:00Z2022-12-06T00:00:00ZCiting EU sanctions, ING capped accounts it recorded as Russian at EUR 100,000. Four customers, all Dutch nationals, complained; the Dutch equality body found no prohibited distinction.EU rights agency records police figures on incidents against Russian speakershttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/eu-rights-agency-bulletin-20222022-10-15T00:00:00Z2022-10-15T00:00:00ZFRA Bulletin 2, completed October 2022, records Finnish and German police figures and equality-body reports of alleged discrimination against Russian speakers.Estonia stopped issuing study visas and residence permits to Russian citizenshttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/estonia-halts-study-visas2022-07-15T00:00:00Z2022-07-15T00:00:00ZFrom 30 July 2022 Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board stopped issuing study visas and temporary residence permits to Russian citizens.German government reports 196 anti-discrimination requests, 74 about bankshttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/germany-bundestag-drucksache-20-19852022-05-25T00:00:00Z2022-05-25T00:00:00ZSince February 2022, 196 people with Russian or Belarusian roots had approached the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, the Federal Government told the Bundestag; 74 requests concerned banks.Russian and Belarusian players barred from Wimbledon 2022; ATP fined the LTA £820,000https://www.pomnym.org/articles/wimbledon-lta-player-ban2022-04-20T00:00:00Z2022-04-20T00:00:00ZRussian and Belarusian players were barred from Wimbledon 2022 and five LTA grass-court events; the ATP fined the LTA £820,000, and the ban was lifted in March 2023.Bank letters and refused service: Russian nationals complain to the federal anti-discrimination agencyhttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/germany-anti-discrimination-agency-20222022-04-05T00:00:00Z2022-04-05T00:00:00ZRussian nationals in Germany reported bank letters about sanctions risk and refusals at doctors' practices and restaurants; the federal anti-discrimination agency assessed the law.University of Tartu barred new applicants who are Russian or Belarusian citizenshttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/tartu-bars-russian-applicants2022-03-15T00:00:00Z2022-03-15T00:00:00ZOn 7 March 2022 the University of Tartu barred new applicants holding Russian or Belarusian citizenship without an EU residence permit or long-stay visa from bachelor's and master's study.Dublin piano competition barred nine Russian pianists, then reversed the banhttps://www.pomnym.org/articles/dublin-piano-competition-exclusion2022-03-15T00:00:00Z2022-03-15T00:00:00ZRoman Kosyakov was one of nine Russian pianists the Dublin International Piano Competition barred in March 2022. The board re-invited all countries in April; he took third prize in May.