From March 27 to April 14 Nikolaj Khramov, secretary of ARA, made in a round trip in Germany in the framework of action "Gegen den Krieg in Tschetschenien" (Against the War in Chechnya). This action has been organized by a German NGO named "Connection e.V." which is engaged to help deserters from Turkey, Yugoslavia, Russia and other warfare zones, as well as by the oldest pacifist organization in Germany - "Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft - Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen" (DFG-VK) which is a German branch of War Resisters International. By parallel way, another antiwar activist from Moscow - Vadim Damier, representative of "Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists" - has also committed a series of interventions in other German cities.
In the framework of the round trip "Gegen den Krieg in Tschetschenien" secretary of ARA made interventions in 13 German cities in front of peace movement activists and representatives of German public who care about war in Chechnya and situation of Russian conscientious objectors: on March 27 in Oldenburg, on March 28 in Nuernberg, on March 29 in Muenchen, on March 30 in Potsdam, on April 3 in Boeblingen, on April 5 in Trier, on April 6 in Saarbruecken, on April 7 in Dueren, on April 8 in Dortmund, on April 10 in Berlin, on April 12 in Moenchengladbach, on April 13 in Muenster, on April 14 in Braunschweig. There were from 20 to 60 participants in each of this meetings. Apart of this, on April 14 Khramov spoke for 150 scholars of the Technical School in Moers.
In his interventions Khramov told about the key points of development between the proclaiming Chechen independency in 1991 till today, expressed about the reasons of the first and the second Chechen war, about the difficulties of condacting antiwar campaign in today's Russia where - unlike the situation five years ago - the two thirds of population do support the war and militarist policy of president Putin, about the state of Russian conscientious objectors and, first of all, about the case of Dmitry Neverovsky. The ARA secretary underlined the role which the Western and in particular the German public could and must play in rendering pressure on Western governments in order to make them taking the most possible hard position regarding Russian government, its war crimes and genocide in Chechnya. "No pfennig from Berlin, until the war continue".
The special attention Khramov payed to the need of organizing in Germany and other European countries a public campaign to defend Neverovsky and other conscientious objectors in Russia. During every meeting there were distributing the postcards "Freedom And Justice For Dmitry Neverovsky" addressed to the acting Prosecutor General. Totally during the Khramov's interventions in the framework of the round trip there were distributed 500 of postcards. There were collected also 622 DM as contributions.
On March 31 in the framework of the round trip Nikolaj Khramov together with Vadim Damier, as well as with Rudi Friedrich from Connection e.V. and Christian Axnick from DFG-VK participated in press cocnference on antimilitarist movement in Russia organized in German Bundestag in Berlin.
On April 11 the similar press conference was given by Khramov in Stuttgart in the Landtag of Baden-Wuertemberg. This press conference has been organized by the "Ohne Ruestung Leben" (Life Without Armament), a German pacifist NGO whose representative handed to Khramov 8,000 of signatures collected in all Germany in support of Russian conscientious objectors protesting against the war in Chechnya.
In the framework of the round trip Nikolaj Khramov had also meetings with some German politicians and statespersons where it was discussed the necessity of harshening the official German position against Russian government in the context of Chechen war as well as about the need to give support to Russian conscientious objectors and deserters. On March 31 in Berlin there was a meeting with Mr. Helmut Lippelt, member of Bundestag (Union 90/The Greens), member of Foreign Affairs Committee of Bundestag. On April 10 Khramov met Mrs. Uta Zapf, Social Democrat member of Bundestag. On March 29 Khramov has been received in Muenchen City Hall by the second Buergermeister of Muenchen and federal copresident of the Green Party Mrs. Antje Radcke. On April 7 Khramov has been received by the Burgermeister on the City of Dueren Mrs. Paul Larue.