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Poll: Four In Five Germans Have No Problem With Germany Being World’s Third...
No, wait. That was four in five Germans would like to see their armed forces take part in fewer military missions abroad. But still. Damn. And almost two-thirds think Germany should show caution on...
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Pissed Off German Accidentally Says Something Meaningful
Putin-Understanders: “Warmonger! Warmonger! Stop the Nazis in Ukraine!” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier: “The world does not consist of peace angels on one side and villains on the...
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What Conchita Wurst Tells Us About EU Identity?
Why everything, doesn’t she? Damn. This guy here sure hit the nail right on the head: “Europe has struggled for decades to forge a common identity — and now the Continent’s response to Putin, its...
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German Understanding For Russia Still Very Understanding For Some Strange Reason
German Chamber of Commerce and Industry: One-fourth of German export firms are affected by Russian sanctions. “Betroffen ist davon in etwa jedes vierte deutsche Unternehmen, das im Ausland aktiv ist.”
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Germany Increases Pressure On Russia By Selling It An Oil Company
Berlin is set to approve the sale of one of Germany’s largest oil producers to a Russian consortium, in a move that may undercut U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing Russia for its role in...
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“If I Want, I Will Take Poland In Two Weeks”
Oops. I meant Kiev, of course On September 1, 1939, the German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II. Today, 75 years later, Hitler is regarded...
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Russia Passing Less Gas Than Usual
To Europe, I mean. Do to a “technical disturbance,” it seems. Some 20 to 24 percent less natural gas than agreed to. All of a sudden-like. Thank goodness countries like Germany thought ahead and only...
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Red Carpet Treatment
For the guy with the gas. From Qatar. Who cares that Qatar funds ISIS terror and revels in exploiting its expatriate slave laborers ahead of the 2022 World Cup (to name just two minor points)? It is...
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The Germans Are Coming!
Just not right now. Germany wants to strengthen its role in international affairs. But recent reports suggest the country’s weapons systems are in such disrepair that Berlin actually has very little to...
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Gazprom Gerd Pushing To Pass More Russian Gas
To Germany, that is. Not less (less was yesterday). And being chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee of Nord Stream, the Russian-German natural gas pipeline (51 percent owned by Gazprom, the Russian...
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German Doves Demand Pigeon Deployment
As expected and secretly hoped for, the proposal to send German military-surveillance drones to monitor the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has run into a thicket of legal problems. Surv To pacify Moscow...
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Günther Jauch Goes Der Schwarze Kanal
Take about slipping into a time warp. Günter Jauch’s exclusive Putin interview last night brought back visions of GDR propaganda and communist commentary vom Feinsten (at its best). They let Vlad and...
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Germany’s “Save Vlad’s Face” Movement Picking Up Steam
If you have ever had any doubts about just how deep of an understanding German Putin-Versteher (Putin understanders) have with the current Russian czar, you won’t have to look any further than here....
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It’s Not Just A Club Anymore
The Putin Understanders Club, I mean. In Germany. It’s bound to be an eingetragener Verein (registered society) by now. Putin understanders are not confined to the Linke; nor even to Germany. They are...
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Tanks For Nothing, Vlad
The end of the Cold War didn’t necessarily mean the end of war between big countries, and Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine undermines the notion that a quiet Europe is forever free from war....
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Russian Propaganda? What Russian Propaganda?
The speaker of the Russian Duma has asked a parliamentary committee to study a proposal to condemn the reunification of Germany in 1990. Sergei Naryshkin earlier this week faced scathing criticism of...
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Germany And USA Divided Over How Best Not To Do Anything In Ukraine
Although President Obama just went out of his way to stress that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine only reinforces the unity of the US and Europe to not do anything about it, Chancellor Merkel’s...
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Alarm In Germany: Esteem Level For Russia Now Sinking Dangerously Close To...
German political scientists everywhere were stunned at the latest unexpected Infratest dimap survey findings in Germany. For some inexplicable reason, 81 percent of Germans asked have lost their trust...
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This Takes Putin-Understanding To A Whole New Level
Despite recent drawbacks regarding German esteem levels for Russia, Putin-Understanding still seems to be alive and well in Germany. It’s even become more, I dunno, active-like. More than 100 German...
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To Russia With Love
I mean with debt. Go with God, Greece, but go (to Russia for more dough). I’m sure they’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse. Greece’s energy minister is visiting Russia today after calling for a...
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