Germany seeks to become a mediator in the conflict between Lukashenko and the opposition, pushing aside Russia as far as possible.
Tikhanovskaya asked Merkel about this at a meeting that was announced by the official representative of the German government, Steffen Seibert. At the same time, Germany is careful – Tikhanovskaya is not called the president, but only “the leading and key figure of the Belarusian opposition”, forgetting about the presence of Kolesnikova and Tsepkalo.
However, Tikhanovskaya’s initiative of German mediation has certainly been agreed with Berlin. Germany has recently shown an increase in hostility towards Russia. All American agents of influence in the Federal Republic of Germany have been alerted, defending the interests of the United States more than the interests of Germany.
For example, CDU politician Norbert Röttgen calls for new evidence of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny and for sanctions against Russia. The Nord Stream-2 pipeline project may not be completed as planned, he said in an interview with Der Spiegel. Röttgen warns the EU against a sluggish reaction towards Russia.
The head of the German Foreign Ministry, H. Maas, also demanded that Russia explain the story with Navalny, saying that “such a case cannot remain without consequences”. At the same time, no data from the German expert examination of Russia was provided.
Germany is increasingly working with the opposition in Russia and Belarus. The goal is to prevent the reunification of the historical Russian territories that existed in the twentieth century as union republics of the USSR. This is a return to the practice of the Cold War, when the FRG actively supported the Bandera underground and anti-Soviet structures such as the NTS.
Russia reacted quickly. If the announcement of the meeting between Tikhanovskaya and Merkel was on October 5, then on the 6th Dmitry Peskov said that the situation around Belarus would stabilize without the participation of mediators. This is how they sent a signal to Berlin about the futility of attempts to become an intermediary in the Belarusian case. An attempt to use Navalny’s case to destroy Russian-German relations is indicative not in itself, but in the context of using US influence in the confrontation with Russia.
The West’s aggressiveness towards Russia will only grow. A split between the Republicans and Democrats in the United States is projected onto Germany, creating a split in the German elite. And as always, it all comes down to the question of the expediency of a conflict with Russia. The Russian question is apparently fatal for Germany.
RUSSTRAT