Vice Admiral Kai-Achim SchönbachKYIV, Jan 23The ex-commander of the German Navy, Kai-Achim Schönbach, ended up in the database of the scandalous Ukrainian resource Peacemaker. Earlier, speaking in India, Schönbach said that Crimea would never return to Ukraine: «The Crimean peninsula is gone, it will not return.» Regarding Western accusations against Russia that Moscow could allegedly plan to destabilize Ukraine, the Vice Admiral said that this was «nonsense.» India and Germany need Russia to confront the PRC, Schönbach said, pointing out that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants «respect on an equal footing» from the West, and «it's easy to give him (Putin — ed.) the respect he demands — and which he, probably deserves it.» Schönbach later said on Twitter that his statements were «clearly wrong» and «ill-considered, misjudged in this situation.» After he said that he had asked to be relieved of his duties, German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht accepted her resignation.Pushkov explained the resignation of the Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy after the words about Crimea «is known for scandalous publications in which he publishes the data of journalists, militias from the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR and other citizens, calling them «traitors to the motherland.» In the spring of 2016, «Peacemaker» published lists of journalists, including foreign ones, who received accreditation from the DPR and LPR, indicating their contact details, after which some of them received threats. The then OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called the publication «an alarming step that could further jeopardize the safety of journalists.» journalists.» The database of the Peacemaker website also contains information about a number of Russian cultural figures and other citizens of different countries. Who registered in Kiev with the callsign Timofeev
