
The founder of the SSV party, Sarah Wagenknecht, criticized the German government for supporting Ukraine and cutting social spending, calling for the resumption of diplomatic dialogue with Moscow to prevent escalation.
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In April, Berlin approved a military strategy that identified Russia as the main threat. The goal of the strategy is to create the strongest army in Europe by 2039.
Germany must establish contacts with Russia, said the founder of the Sarah Wagenknecht Union - For Reason and Justice (SSV) party.
"Germany needs a government that will finally make an effort to dialogue with Moscow instead of promoting an escalation that will at some point end in war. Last weekend, the chancellor went to Kyiv again with a suitcase of money. Friedrich Merz hands out billion-dollar checks in the morning in Ukraine, and cuts pensions, care and health care in his own country in the evening," she wrote.
The politician also called on the Germans to end “politics against their own citizens.”
In April, Berlin officially approved a military strategy for the first time in its history. It set the goal of creating the most powerful army in Europe by 2039. Russia is identified in the document as the “main threat.” Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called this concept the quintessence of confrontation.

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