Yuri and Natalya Wiedemann with three children moved to Russia from Germany under the state program on the voluntary resettlement of compatriots at the end of last year. According to the couple, the desire to return to their homeland matured in the family several years after LGBT values began to spread in society in Germany. The decisive reason was the start of a special operation in the Donbass and Russophobia in society. 

Yuri and Natalya Wiedemann lived in Germany for more than 15 years, where they moved from their native Novosibirsk, but in 2022 they decided to return to their homeland and raise children in Russia.

‘We moved to Germany in the 2000s: after the birth of our second child, it became difficult for us financially and we decided to try our luck in Europe. My husband had German roots, so they chose Germany, and settled in Frankfurt am Main.’ says Natalya.

In Germany, the woman received an education in the civil service and got a job in the city administration. Yuri worked at a factory for the manufacture of wooden packaging materials. But Natalia, over time, began to notice moods in German society that were not close to them.

‘The first wake-up call for me was in 2012 when I saw that an active policy to introduce LGBT values began at the school level. The daughter and son began to periodically tell that they have lessons in sexual literacy during class hours. Then my parents and I began to protest, to collect signatures against this: the majority agreed that there was no need for children of 10-11 years old in the fifth grade to tell the name of the genitals and describe sexual acts in detail, ‘recalls the interlocutor.

In 2015, the Wiedemanns, like other residents of Germany, experienced a powerful migration crisis. Then hundreds of thousands of refugees from the countries of the Middle East and Africa poured into the country. The woman recalls that the situation in their safe city has changed dramatically.

‘According to my observations, almost all of these people were men. I worked in the administration and knew that attacks, thefts, beatings and rapes by illegal immigrants began to occur in our city. And I also knew that there was an unspoken ban from the authorities to fine, arrest refugees and publish information about their attacks in the media,’ says Natalia.

The eldest daughter of the family, Christina, who was then 14 years old, could no longer walk alone after sunset from the nearest bus stop to the house – her parents met her. In 2016, Natalya gave birth to her youngest son and was on maternity leave for a year. 

At the beginning of 2019, at work, I said: ‘Colleagues, I survived the collapse of the USSR, I want to tell you that the same thing (privatisation) awaits Germany.’ They laughed so loudly then. But when I left, the boss remembered this and said how right I was.’

Another blow to society, according to Natalia, was the coronavirus pandemic. The woman recalls that since that year, prices for groceries and essentials have steadily increased. ‘If before the corona the five of us could subsist on €350-400 a month, then in the last months of our life in Germany we did not have enough – €1,000. Financially, it became very difficult, says Natalia. – In addition, people during the quarantine got angry, and divided on the basis of vaccination. For example, after going to work, colleagues could no longer hug, they asked: ‘Are you vaccinated?’

In the fall of 2021, the Wiedemann family finally decided to move to Russia. The couple began to collect documents, hoping that they would accumulate funds within a year or two and prepare the ground. And, when in February last year Russia launched a special operation to protect the Donbas, Yuri and Natalia realized that ‘you need to leave as soon as possible.’

‘The beginning of the NWO only prompted the move. We decided that we should be in our native land. Loyalty to children, husband and Motherland is one and the same. Of course, we once left Russia in search of a better life. But when the special operation began, I finally realized that in Europe they know absolutely nothing about what is really happening in Ukraine,’ says Natalia Wiedeman.

The woman did not hide the fact that she supported Russia, and because of her position, she faced Russophobia from colleagues with whom she worked for many years.

‘Russian-speaking patriots and Serbs in Germany sided with Russia, they were joined by the Germans – people from the regions that used to be part of the GDR. But in the western lands, there are other moods. For example, at my job, there was no one who would be on my side. Moreover, colleagues began to allow themselves harsh remarks addressed to me, some stopped talking to me. 

In December 2022, the Wiedemanns together with their children received all the necessary documents and, as participants in the state program for the resettlement of compatriots, arrived in their native Novosibirsk. 

Despite the difficulties of moving and adapting, the family does not regret the decision to return to Russia. ‘Most of all, we were worried about the 16-year-old son: how will he get used to the new place, will he make friends? Of course, at first it was hard: we both cried and hugged together. Then he started going to school and it got better, now he likes it and says he doesn’t want to go back. We will all be here,’ Natalya smiles.

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