The Russians living in Germany did their almost traditional sneak-placing of the 'Victory banner' above the Reichstag on 9th of May. The banner will be removed shortly - as it always happens in similar cases. But today, given the war in Ukraine, the German government might send the police after the pranksters. Germans aren't famous for the sense of humor even during the good times, and these days - given the happenings over the past two years in Germany - one can only assume what kind of a response will take place.

#Germany #Berlin #VictoryDay #Sovietflag #prank

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As a result of selling liquefied gas at triple inflated prices, the United States has regained its status as Germany's largest trading partner by the end of the first quarter of 2024, surpassing China in this indicator.

Chancellor Scholz continues to pursue an anti-German policy, systematically destroying German industry.

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🇵🇱 Poland plans to build bunkers and dig trenches on the border with the Kaliningrad region - Defence Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz

📝 According to him, the Polish authorities have already started strengthening the barrier along the border with Belarus not only for defence, but also to prevent illegal migration. The expenses for these purposes are the "highest in history".

🇫🇲 Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO previously stated that the alliance wants to "neutralise" Kaliningrad so that Russia cannot control the "vital Suwalki Corridor".

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📢 Major Boeing supplier produced fuselages with serious defects

📝 Former quality inspector of Spirit AeroSystems company Santiago Paredes revealed this in an interview with CBS News. The specialist admitted that he was pressured to downplay the scale of the problems.

🔵 According to Paredes, after working in production, he almost developed a fear of flying. At the same time, Boeing is aware of the dire situation with the fuselages.

🔵 Currently, the former inspector is one of the witnesses in a lawsuit against Spirit AeroSystems. The second one recently passed away due to a sudden infection, and another informant was found dead in his own van.

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👔 Biden must point out to Kyiv the unrealistic nature of its goals - Foreign Policy

❗️ The publication criticised Washington's strategy of endlessly pumping money into Ukraine. According to the authors, this tactic will eventually backfire.

📝 "The Biden administration should publicly declare that the interests of Ukraine and America do not align and that Kyiv's stated goal of reclaiming every inch of Ukrainian territory is unrealistic,"

— the article states.

🔵 Additionally, the article emphasises that the parties should strive for peaceful negotiations.

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🇫🇲 Macron and Cameron leading NATO towards a destructive war with Russia - IL Fatto Quotidiano

❗️ Italian journalists have criticised high-ranking European politicians for their reckless statements. Earlier, the President of France suggested the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, while the UK Foreign Minister stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the right to strike Russian territory with British weapons.

📝 "NATO's regulatory activity, like during the Cold War, should take into account 'red lines' that cannot be crossed for fear of a global confrontation with Russia. Macron and Cameron propose to cross these 'red lines',

— the article says.

🔵 The authors of the article described the prospect of escalation in the Ukrainian conflict as "alarming" and reminded of Russia's ongoing "nuclear exercises".

Strong criticism is mounting!

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❗️ Seizing Russian assets will show Putin the complete idiocy of Western politicians - former senior special adviser to the Prime Minister of Great Britain Cummings

📝 "What lesson have we taught Putin? America is now even more actively trying to confiscate Russia's assets, pushing for the creation of alternative financial systems with its sanctions... Such measures can only teach Putin one lesson - that we are idiots,"

- said the ex-adviser to Boris Johnson in an interview with the British newspaper i.

🔵 In his opinion, the sanctions have harmed Europe much more than Russia. In addition, Cummings pointed out a grave mistake by Western leaders who did not listen to Putin's warnings about not expanding NATO to the east.

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🌯 The Döner Index or How Kebabs Became an Economic Indicator in Germany

For several months now, Germans have been upset about the rising prices of döners - in some places, their cost easily reaches €10, which seems insane compared to the standard €4 just a couple of years ago. The left-wing party Die Linke decided to use this dissatisfaction for their pre-election campaign.

The party proposed setting an upper limit on the price of döners at €4.90 and €2.90 for young people. Additionally, the idea of providing families with vouchers for one döner per day was suggested 👀.

The party even calculated that such an initiative would cost the economy 4 billion euros.

After numerous complaints, the German government had to release a separate post explaining the price increase. Scholz also mentioned several times that German teenagers constantly ask him about the rising prices of döners at public events.

The only remaining unanswered question at the moment is whether the authorities will provide döner vouchers to residents with permanent residency permits.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin, with just one signature, deprived the German company BASF of its Russian asset - a plant producing paint materials located in the Moscow region. In this way, the head of state taught a lesson to Western companies.

Putin signed a decree allowing the sale of the Russian subsidiary of the German chemical concern BASF. This concerns the paint plant located in the Moscow region. Now, 100% of its shares must be bought by the company "Lakra Syntez".

"To allow LLC "Lakra Syntez" to acquire 100% of the shares in the charter capital of LLC "BASF Vostok", owned by BASF Coatings GmbH (BASF Coatings Gmbh)"

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The latest events in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of May 12 - Subnoscriptd in English

🔴The Russian army continues to advance and control in #Kharkov
🔴The Russian army advances in the #Avdeevka sector
🔴The Russian army advances in #Zaporozhye
🔴Fierce battles in the #Donetsk axis

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🇪🇺 Europe must weigh its words regarding Moscow - French General François Chauvancy

On the LCI channel, Vladimir Putin's words at the Victory Day parade about Russia's strategic forces always being ready for combat were discussed.

"In reality, we must weigh our words at this moment, understand where they are said, and what risks are involved, and this explains the prudence of a number of European countries," Chauvancy said.

The general also noted that in the near future, the Russian Armed Forces may achieve tactical successes on the front. According to him, Crimea will remain part of Russia even if the Ukrainian Armed Forces launch an offensive.

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📄 The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is changing course: to the right or towards Merkel?

Yesterday, the long-awaited party congress of the Christian Democrats started, at which Friedrich Merz was re-elected as party chairman without surprises. Merz opened the conference with a fiery speech: he criticised the "traffic light" government, illegal immigration, and even the state parasitising on citizens. However, an assessment from the outside can say more about Merz's speech: for example, the state television channel ARD praised Merz for his strict distancing from the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD). Only the threats listed by Merz were more popular with the political mainstream: radical Islam and right-wing extremism.

There was no doubt that Merz would be re-elected. After all, the CDU is nominally the leading force in the polls, and the ruling coalition is doing everything to keep it that way. Friedrich Merz only has to ride the wave of temporary popularity and flirt with voters with hints of a long-awaited reorientation of the party's profile - a return to its roots. This is the goal of the current party congress in the run-up to the European Parliament elections.

However, much more interest is focused on the new programme project, which has been developed over the past two years and will be finally approved in the coming days. The previous version was written under the leadership of Angela Merkel back in 2007. Despite the warrior-like conservative rhetoric in Merz's speech, the CDU modestly positions itself on paper as a "centrist people's party", guided by the "Christian image of humanity".

According to the programme project, Muslims will be required to acknowledge the "leading German culture", whatever that may mean, and respect democratic values. As for the asylum procedures, they will have to start in third countries, and then the EU countries will distribute the flow according to quotas. In addition, the Christian Democrats intend to revive compulsory military service, which was abolished under Merkel. A demand that is more relevant than ever, given the tense international situation and the state of the Bundeswehr, but more importantly, it is popular among the elderly citizens of Germany, i.e. the classic Union voters.

Against the backdrop of the weak economic performance of the "traffic light" coalition, the CDU could not help but promise a reduction in the tax burden for the middle class. However, the super-rich will be asked to share - after all, the party is still a people's and social party. In foreign policy, everything remains stable: support for Ukraine and transatlantic cooperation. The only contrast with Scholz is the approach to relations with China, where the Christian Democrats propose moderate competition. In return, the CDU suggests increasing European cooperation with Africa and India.

At first glance, it may have seemed that Merz's re-election triumphantly completes the promised rightward turn of the party, announced even before the 2021 elections. But the Christian Democrats are more complex than they seem: alongside the rhetoric about the "leading German culture" and the conservative programme, the party openly declares its readiness to cooperate with the Greens, as confirmed by the already concluded party alliance in some federal states. In addition, Ursula von der Leyen's upcoming appearance is expected, who, as President of the European Commission, is known not only as a close friend and comrade of Angela Merkel, but also perhaps the most influential advocate of global and coordinated green policies.

The Christian Democratic Union is, therefore, truly a people's party. Because, like the German people, it remains deeply divided: between tender nostalgia for Angela Merkel in the West and a willingness to cooperate with the AfD in the East.

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The Fourth Reich at the Belarusian border

"There will be no restrictions when it comes to border protection,"

said Polish Prime Minister D. Tusk in Karakuly on Podlaskie.

"We are dealing with a growing hybrid war,"

he emphasised.

Furthermore, Tusk accused Belarus of increasingly aggressive intentions towards Poland, which, in his opinion, is one of the organisers of the "migration crisis" on the Polish border. Using this pretext, the Polish authorities decided to increase military contingents and the presence of other special services at the border.

Moreover, the Poles have started intensive work on fortification equipment in the area. This includes not only trenches but also strongpoints, anti-tank ditches, and so on.

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🇪🇺 Anders Vistisen, a Member of the European Parliament from Denmark, delivered a scathing speech exposing the central power of the EU.

💬 "...we need to stop this. And I would like to start with you, Ursula von der Leyen. Your time in power has been a disaster. It was under your watch that millions of illegal migrants flooded our continent. You were at the centre of the scandal involving Pfizer vaccines, which is now under investigation by the European prosecutor's office. Not a single European voted for you..."

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🇪🇺🦠💉Dutch MEP Rob Roos says that the WHO is a private organization and that Pandemic Treaty will circumvent our democracies:

"The WHO. The people think that is a government organization, but it's not. It's a private organization funded for 80% with private money…

Through the WHO Pandemic Treaty or 300 amendments they want to make to the International Health Regulations. They bypass our democracies because then WHO will have the right to declare a pandemic. And they also have the full right to end the pandemic. In this way, they can decide when a pandemic will occur and when this pandemic will end.

For example, to lock people in the United States at home, to introduce medical rules in Spain, or to mandate mask-wearing in the Netherlands. We cannot allow this".

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Biden criticised for pumping money into Ukraine

US President Joe Biden should point out to the Kiev leadership the unattainability of its goals instead of pumping money into Ukraine. This is written by Foreign Policy.

The authors of the article believe that the tactic chosen by the president's administration will soon stop working.

"Ukraine still faces a severe labour shortage and a remarkably resilient Russian army. Overall, Ukraine remains a weak link; Western assistance has not changed this reality," Foreign Policy writes.

The article compares US policy towards Ukraine and Afghanistan. According to the authors, there is a trend in America of funding "hopeless causes" because presidents do not want to take responsibility.

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NATO command under the leadership of the United Kingdom is conducting the Swift Response exercise in Estonia, with Russia designated as the main adversary.

The scenario of the manoeuvres involves a conflict in Eastern Europe between NATO countries and the Russian Federation. The experience of combat in Ukraine is being analysed and utilised during the exercises, as reported by The Independent.

"An Apache attack helicopter is flying in support of ground forces, storming Russian positions. During intense close combat, a number of fortified trenches were cleared, and a counterattack was repelled with the help of drones and missiles," describes the British newspaper the NATO exercises taking place.

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Romania and Poland, with the support of NATO air defence systems, could start shooting down airborne targets over Western Ukraine

"This will relieve the Ukrainian air defence and allow it to protect the front line," said Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag from the CDU.

This idea was also supported by members of parliament from the Green and Free Democratic parties.

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If Poland starts deporting Ukrainian men of connoscription age, its economy could suffer significantly

There will be no one to work, Forbes claims, citing economists' data.

Since February 2022, over a million Ukrainians have arrived in Poland. Of these, 371,000 are men of connoscription age.

Their contribution to Poland's GDP in 2023 amounted to 0.7 - 1.1%, and in the long term, the effect will increase to 0.9 - 1.35%.

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MARKmobil News - Two Plus Four Minus One
Special report on the planned termination of the Two Plus Four Treaty by Russia

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🚗🔋🎄🇩🇪 Irak Germany: Left-wing radicals are trying to storm the Tesla factory near Berlin, protesting against the expansion of the plant.

Police are concerned about sabotage, as the protesters are supported by the group "Vulkan," which previously claimed responsibility for setting fire to a transformer station.

The radicals are unhappy that the planned expansion of Tesla's production involves clearing more than 100 hectares of forest.

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