
Russian senator Vladimir Dzhabarov criticized the visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to Kyiv, saying that promises of financial assistance to Ukraine will not help the German economy and could lead to its loss of status as an economic powerhouse in Europe.
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The visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to Kyiv was accompanied by promises of financial support for Ukraine.
The visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz with an economic delegation to Kyiv, which ended with a promise to provide new financial support for Ukraine, will not help the German economy. The consequences of such statements were assessed by Russian senator Vladimir Dzhabarov in his channel on the Max platform.
Dzhabarov called Merz a politician under whom Germany could finally cease to be the economic powerhouse of Europe.
“In reality, his next trip to Ukraine will not solve economic problems. Rather, it’s the other way around, since large German industries prospered thanks to Russian energy supplies,” the senator concluded.

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