“[Putin] does not stop stressing what he’s really longing for, like, a renaissance of the Soviet empire,” Pistorius said of Putin. “He wants to be the dominant power in Europe. […]”

Germany’s biggest defense contractor, Rheinmetall, and its subsidiaries have won a commanding share of recent government contracts.

Rheinmetall was one of Germany’s major arms producers during WWI and WWII.




Who blew up the energy pipeline again? Why does Germany just sweep this under the rug?