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Lavrov was responding on Tuesday to remarks by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who the previous day declared there were "no more range limitations" for weapons sent to Ukraine by the West, including Germany. Merz has also vowed to turn the German military into Europe's strongest conventional force.
"Europe has once again found itself a Nazi flag by committing to a completely misguided, disastrous venture of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia," Lavrov stated.
"To hear from the current German leader that Germany will regain its position as the leading military power in Europe, just after we have celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Hitler's Nazism, is quite symptomatic. History, apparently, taught these people nothing."
Merz's remarks on long-range weapons drew concern even within his own coalition. German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil told reporters shortly after the chancellor's statement that no agreements had been reached regarding the range of Ukrainian strikes using German weapons on Russian territory beyond what the previous government had in place. Lavrov said Merz's confused and uninformed position "reflects the level of competence of modern European leaders."
While Germany has not supplied long-range weapons to Ukraine, Merz's comments have stirred speculation about a possible policy shift, particularly regarding the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles. Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz consistently rejected the idea, warning it would dangerously escalate the conflict.
Lavrov also addressed remarks by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, who on Monday claimed France is not at war with Russia.
"He's not telling the truth. France is fighting against Russia because its long-range missiles are being used by the Nazi regime in Kiev to attack the territory of the Russian Federation. And these are mainly attacks on civilian targets," Lavrov said.
He stressed that the only path to ending the Ukraine conflict lies in halting Europe's militaristic course.
"The main thing here... is to ensure that Europe stops sabotaging the movement towards peace, which is supported by both the United States and Türkiye, and to which the Russian Federation is fully committed," Lavrov said.
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His thinking is that if a German army were to ever lead Europe or NATO that makes it evil and will be supporting a Nazi cause. Get Real.
Germany is the younger brother that always plays the patsy that always gets the punishment in stead of his older brother. The older brother is the real bad guy that always gets away.
So if Germany gets to lead NATO it definitely will get messy and bloody very fast and Nazism will ride again in Europe!
I hope tat Russia will step up and erase ALL the Nazis in Europe (and rightfully so).
Russian foreign minister Maria Zakharova said the strategy undermines the basis of strategic stability by creating a global missile defense system.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi called it “deeply destabilizing” and claimed it erodes the “inseparable interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms.
USA! USA! USA!
I would advise you to wake up and start thinking with your own brain (if you have one).
Yes Perfidious Albion, if only more people were aware of the real culprits, back then and now!
Russia may have the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, quality technological know-how, and undeniable resilience to remain a potential threat to U.S. power, presence, and global interests, but it is China that stands out as the number one country that Washington thinks is threatening its interests globally.The above is the conclusion of two different assessments of the two departments of the U.S. government that were released recently – “Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) of The U.S. Intelligence Community”, brought out by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and based on inputs as available on 18 March, 2025; and “2025 Worldwide Threat Assessment” by Jeffrey Kruse, Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force and Director, Defense Intelligence Agency(DIA), by using information available as of 11 May 2025.
Examples of PLA advances in 2024 include the PLA Navy’s third carrier, CV-18 Fujian, beginning sea trials and likely being ready to enter operational service in 2025.The PLA Rocket Force is likely fielding the DF-27 ballistic missile, which features a hypersonic glide vehicle payload option and an estimated range of between 5,000 and 8,000 kilometers. The PLA ground forces are also fielding their most advanced multiple rocket launcher, the PCH-191, which increases their long-range, precision strike capability.The ATA report specifically mentions how the PLA has the capability to conduct long-range precision strikes with conventional weapons against “the Homeland’s periphery in the Western Pacific, including Guam, Hawaii, and Alaska.China has developed a range of ballistic and cruise missiles with conventional payloads that can be delivered from its mainland as well as by air and sea, including by nuclear-powered submarines.China may be exploring the development of conventionally-armed intercontinental range missile systems, which, if developed and fielded, would allow China to threaten conventional strikes against targets in the continental United States”.The DIA statement adds, “The PLA Rocket Force has fielded approximately 900 short-range ballistic missiles (compared to 1,000 in 2023), 1,300 medium-range ballistic missiles (compared to 1,000 in 2023), 500 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (similar to 2023), 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles (compared to 350 in 2023), and 400 ground-launched cruise missiles (compared to 300 in 2023).”
Russia was allied with Germany and had invaded Poland, the Baltic States, Romania, and Finland by 1941. Stalin himself had already planned to go to war with Nazi Germany but wasnt ready, Hitler beat him to it.
The illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
People with high SDO scores are more likely to accept theories of racial superiority and to believe that their country is inherently better than other countries. They tend to oppose lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights; interracial marriage; and social welfare programs. They tend to support military action and the death penalty.
... bot or not, he's not worth the answer.
Just, let it slide. Ignore the poor thing.
The Cheka is the instrument of militant Communism.
Your depth has been propagandized.
After the civil war, there were in place many independent Soviet governments in neighboring regions. After meeting of representative plenipotentiaries a Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was published and confirmed by the First All-Union Congress of Soviets. The congress approved the Declaration and the Treaty on the Formation of a New State – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Four states were united in the Soviet Union: Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, Belarusian Socialist Soviet Republic, Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
December 30, 1922
Then the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1936.
These autonomous regional unions participate in the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic upon a Federal basis.
Russian comes from Indo-European. Rus is Arabic which comes from Rhos in Greek which comes from Aramaic meaning head. And was used to describe Nebuchadnezzar and his family. So Russian would mean to originate from the family line of Nebuchadnezzar.
You sound like cnn and american presidents - not a complement.
He’s beyond reproach a bit like a fart in many ways, treat him/it as such and all will be fine.
Stalin was from the Russian Tsarist empire that existed before 1918. The same as Latvia and all the others you stated which makes them all Russian.
You said you "are from the USSR not Russian." But your examples weren't from the USSR they were from the Russian Empire.
Here's one for you: What's the difference between a hippo and a zippo ? A hippo's big and heavy and a zippo's a little lighter. and if you don't/can't get that maybe tell your hard drivers to try harder.