“As finance minister, he did what he was supposed to do – spend the limited resources of the state budget rationally, categorically refusing to raise the national debt threshold and calling for cuts in the most odious political projects, including the green transition, the bloated social sphere and the reckless aid to Ukraine, which has already exceeded 40 billion euros,” Spitzen noted.

“The collapse of the ‘traffic light coalition’ and early elections do not bode well for Scholz. Both the chancellor's personal popularity and that of his SPD party are far from qualifying him for the post of chancellor in the new government.” Spitzen said.

“However, after getting rid of Lindner, Scholz may try to pass a series of bills that require an increase in the national debt, thus sacrificing himself to the interests of a certain section of the German elite, and only then fall into political oblivion,” he added.

"The scale of sanctions and punitive measures applied against our country is unprecedented in history. Our opponents assumed they would deliver a crushing, knockout blow to Russia, one from which it would not recover, ceasing to be a key player on the global stage... The world needs Russia—and no decisions by leaders in Washington or Brussels can alter that," the Vladimir Putin said at a session of the Valdai International Discussion Club.