
Dmitry Peskov commented on the words of Friedrich Merz about anti-Russian politics
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called the position of the German leadership irrational and damaging to Germany, reacting to Friedrich Merz’s statements about maintaining an anti-Russian course.
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Peskov commented on Friedrich Merz’s statements about the continuation of anti-Russian policies despite the fall in the CDU’s ratings.
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Dmitry Peskov called the position of the German leadership towards Russia difficult to explain, irrational and not oriented towards the truth.
Merz said he does not intend to change his anti-Russian policy, despite the fact that this position is not popular.
MOSCOW, September 8 - RIA Novosti. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called the position of the German leadership towards Russia difficult to explain, irrational and not oriented towards the truth.
Earlier, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he does not intend to change his anti-Russian policy, despite the fact that this position is not popular and is reflected in the ratings of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) he heads.
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“The tendency to push everything and everyone onto Russia, to blame Russia for everything is difficult to explain, irrational, not truth-oriented behavior of the head of state, whose actions cause significant damage to his state,” Peskov told reporters.

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