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The Freeze Sets In: Examining the Rapid Deterioration of German-Russian Relations
Since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in early 2022, Germany’s attitude towards Russia has undergone a fundamental change, and the relationship between the two sides has now fallen to a freezing point and has fallen into a dilemma. At present, Germany-Russia relations are in a state of political freezing, security confrontation, energy decoupling, and economic rupture, and will continue to fall into a vicious circle of competition and conflict for some time to come. The overall manifestation of the deterioration of German-Russian relations Let me talk about “political cooling” first. Germany has complex historical ties to Russia, such as Germany’s large Russian-German community dating back to the time of…