'Heads Must Roll': Germany Needs New Leaders Who Favor Russia, Not US
thar de Maizière said that sanctions weaken Russia when "we must be interested in a stable Russia."
The restrictive measures "weaken Ukraine and European economy. I ask myself, who benefits from this. In my opinion, they benefit the United States, not Europe," the former prime minister of the German Democratic Republic asserted.
However, the strategy of isolating Russia has failed even with sanctions in place. Consider the warm welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin received during his visit to Italy in June.
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"Isolating Russia means playing into NATO's hands and supporting its escalation policy," the media outlet pointed out, adding that the main task is to focus on building single security architecture in Europe.
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Yes, I'm sure ze Germans are lining up to change from being the most influential state in the EU to Russia's poodle...
It's also nice how this particular "media outlet" specks for "Europe" while managing to contradict itself all over the place...it's first NATO (mostly European) who wants to escalate against the wishes of the Russian loving Europeans (Germans?) for the benefit of the USA (wasn't it the Europeans that voted for sanctions?), all because Germany wants to ally itself with Russia (again, why?) and lose any kind of influence they have in the EU for the next 300 years (for the benefit of "Europe"?)
It's all so confusing.....from where do the Russian still have money for this kind of stuff?