Dmitri Stratievski on the rise of BSW, its political ambitions, potential supporters and possible ties to Russia
Dmitri Stratievski on how the splintering of the German Pacifist movement has been exposed by the war in Ukraine
Dmitri Stratievski looks into how Germany’s political elites see «non-Putin» Russia
Dmitry Stratievski comments on the events in German-Russian relations in 2021
Dmitry Stratievski considers the future of Russo-German relations under Berlin’s next government
Dmitri Stratievski charts the rise of a new leader of Germany’s CDU. What will be his stance on German-Russia relations?
Dmitri Stratievski looks into whether Berlin might shift policy on sanctions against Russia
Dmitry Stratievsky on the candidates for the post of German Federal Chancellor and their overlapping views on the Kremlin’s policies
Dmitry Stratievski on German media coverage of the recent Moscow City Duma elections
How will Germany’s relations with Russia change after Angela Merkel resigns from high-level politics?
Marginally, yes, in the short term. Long-term, however, local grievances and international struggles will doubtless return to the fore.
Germans with a post-Soviet migration background are a diverse grouping who are poorly represented in German politics and scarcely understood by the national news media. This has led to some dangerous misconceptions over the last few years.