German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after talks in the Kremlin in Moscow on August 20 last year. Photo: EPA-EFE
Opinion
Opinion
Germany’s U-turn on Russia underlines its failed policy of appeasement
- For decades, German leaders failed to acknowledge Putin’s ambitions, even when presented with evidence of it in Russian aggression in Georgia and Crimea
- It took a war in Ukraine and a different leadership for Germany to finally wake up
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after talks in the Kremlin in Moscow on August 20 last year. Photo: EPA-EFE
Corrected [8:16am, 3 Mar, 2022]
- [8:16am, 3 Mar, 2022]
The sum of money the German government has committed to its armed forces is €100 billion, not €100 million, as was mistakenly stated earlier.
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