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