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The SPD has always been on the moderate side when it comes to Russia. His Green coalition partners are NATO hawks though.

• chess_buster 5y ago
  They really are not. Instead, they were friends with the human rights movement and anti-stalinist organisations in Russia (e.g. Мемориал), which got gutted by Putin. So naturally they are not happy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_(society) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_(society)
• darebak 5y ago
  >His Green coalition partners are NATO hawks though. What's their reasoning?
  • stjohnswarts 5y ago
    I would guess because Russia has shown itself to be a bad actor over and over? They kill/imprison people just for being gay. Imagine what they do to dissidents and those who don't "go with the Russian flow". Dealing with Russia of today is dealing with the devil.
    • darebak 5y ago
      This seems like a caricature and not at all honest.
      • CRConrad 5y ago
        Only if you have no fucking clue about anything.