BERLIN: The German government has earmarked an extra 1 billion euros ($1.03 billion) from its 2023 budget to support Ukraine, with money allocated to defending against Russian cyberattacks and collecting evidence of war crimes, a document showed. The extra allocation comes amid rows over whether Germany should step up its provision of military aid to Ukraine, which says it
In recent years, the German government has underestimated the importance of countering Russian hybrid influence. Today, as hybrid threats from the Russian Federation are posing a serious challenge for Germany and other Western democracies, Germany must provide funding to counter them. Ukrinform.
Politicians across the political spectrum in Germany want to offer Russian military deserters protection. But legal issues have not yet been resolved and the most important escape routes are closed.
HAMBURG Germany is emerging from Dreamland, and the Green Party, a most unlikely avatar of realism, is leading the way. Forty years ago, the Greens arose out of nowhere with a hard-core ideology: no American nukes, no nuclear energy, no use of force. Call it “ecopacifism” or “peace über alles”.