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> Source for this?

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_f%C3%BCr_Deutschla...

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Bystron

There is plenty of news coverage.

> Is Merkle part of AfD since she shat on Poland and Baltics 2 months ago?

You mean Merkel? No, she is not part of the AfD. She also isn't part of the government anymore and her political influence since 2021, in particular 2 months ago, is basically zero. Did you get the memo? We had two elections since Merkel. I don't care where she shits. That's a private matter.





Latest source says probed and accused, but haven’t been proven. Not that I wanna defend them or Russia, but they do operate psyops on both sides.

Of course she couldn’t say what she means while she was in politics, that would be suicidal. Merkel kept buying Russian gas for decades, German money indirectly responsible for killing thousands if not millions of Ukrainians…

And then there’s Shroder literally working for Gazprom - https://www.ft.com/content/f6814055-26ac-4a48-8dff-c295a1a1b...

https://www.ft.com/content/366fad8a-d680-4b11-b7dd-ebe28fe04...


I mean, the process is on-going, but it's not like those are isolated incidences. The wikipedia article has quite a collection of facts which are extremely sus, especially in concert. Like systematically using their parliamentary rights to "liberate" oddly specific defense information.

Listen, I don't want to defend Merkel or Schröder. They both did a lot of damage to Germany. But I do believe, they genuinely thought Russia could be checked by economic integration. This was evidently false in hindsight. Merkel's politics is characterized by inaction and aversion, so not going into conflict with Russia absolutely tracks. Gas dependency and collapsing bridges have this in common.

Did you know Merkel is fluent in Russian and Putin is fluent in German? They never spoke the same language in any meeting. Then there was the dog incident. Merkel for sure was no friend of Putin, and certainly did not entertain any late soviet imperial fever dreams.




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