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Germans Down and Russians Out
Johnstone, Diana
http://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/21/diana-johnstone-germans-down-russians-out/Date Written: 2023-03-21 Publisher: Consortium News Year Published: 2023 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24847 Any sign of sympathy with Russia has been so demonized, repressed, even criminalized since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, that most German protests initially avoided taking any position on the war and focused on the economic hardships caused by sanctions. But on January 25, 2023 of this year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave in to U.S. pressure to send German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, about the same time that German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, of the Green Party, casually told an international meeting that "we are fighting a war against Russia." This jolted people into action. Subject Headings |