The woke idea of renaming a Berlin metro station after Russian composer Mikhail Glinka has enraged some German media which call him an anti-Semite. But those behind the accusations simply have the facts wrong, experts told RT.
BVG, which operates Berlin’s public transportation system, including the metro network, has recently suggested renaming its Mohrenstrasse (Moor Street) station to Glinkastrasse (Glinka Street). The move was apparently aimed at keeping pace with the anti-racist and anti-colonialist drive gripping the US and some European nations following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police.
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