After the victory of the far right in the parliamentary elections in Saxony-Anhalt, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev wrote on his X: «I look forward to jointly building a great future together with ‘AfD’ — Germany’s most popular party». Russian authorities have indeed long supported this party, and elections in eastern Germany may affect the result of the federal elections to the Bundestag. However, not necessarily in favor of AfD. 

#AlternativeforGermany #VladimirPutin #EastandWest #elections #GDR #Germany #DonaldTrump #migrants #society #rightandleft #Russianinfluence #SaxonyAnhalt #ultraright #fascism #Economy

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Today's Germany is a country of migrants. In some ways, even more so than the USA. From politics to culture, it has long relied on people with a migration background.

#Analytics #refugees #EastandWest #Germany #europe #Italy #xenophobia #culturalcode #Merkel #migrants #Myths #unificationofGermany #policy #rightandleft #Syria #Turkey #Emigration

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Borders between Russia and Europe are closing, and censorship is intensifying — how can bridges be built between those who left and those who stayed? Musicians, artists, activists, and journalists who left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine discussed this in Vilnius. We publish their conversation.

#WarinUkraine #EastandWest #discussion #europe #Lithuania #Naoko #repressions #RussianantiwarAMY #SashaKazantseva #freedom #Emigration

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«Siberianization» reflects the Russian authorities’ anti-European course, in which they have chosen complete economic dependence on China instead of cooperation with the West. Meanwhile, in China, there have long been dreams of reclaiming Siberian territories, which are considered there to have been unjustly ceded to the Russian Empire.

#WarinUkraine #EastandWest #upasashe #FarEast #China #microelectronics #industry #Putin #revanchism #Russia #Siberia #Economy

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