German political scientist told about Scholz's desire to insult the Russian people

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz deliberately ignores the contribution of the Soviet Union to the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, thus he wants to show himself as an adversary of Russia and insult the Russian people. This was stated by German political scientist Christoph Herstel in a conversation with Izvestia on January 29.

This is how he assessed Scholz's speech, in which he thanked the United States for liberating the country from Nazism and did not mention Russia.

"Scholz is well aware that the Soviet Union, that Russia bore the brunt, lost the most soldiers in the fight against Nazi Germany in World War II," the expert said.

He specified that by ignoring the USSR's contribution, Scholz shows himself as an opponent of Russia and insults the Russian people.

The political scientist noted that the FRG chancellor thus demonstrates his commitment to the administration of former US President Joe Biden while the team of the new American leader Donald Trump, according to the expert, intends to establish relations with Russia.

Herstel pointed out that the majority of Germans believe in peace with Russia and oppose Scholz's current policy, considering it a violation of old German traditions.

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Earlier, on January 28, the Chancellor of Germany criticized Musk's words about the feeling of guilt of Germans for the past and thanked the United States for "liberating the country from Nazism", without mentioning the contribution of the USSR.

Before that, on January 14, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council (Parliament) of Slovakia, Marian Carey, said that the country remembers the victory of the Soviet Union over fascism. He emphasized that it is dangerous to forget such a thing.

Earlier, on December 25, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the victory over Nazism in 1945 should be promoted as a common value for all mankind. He noted that all CIS countries remember and honor the feat of all peoples of the USSR.

In 2025, May 9 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. In January 1945, the USSR army launched an offensive against Berlin. As a result of the fighting at 00:43 Moscow time on May 9, the commanders-in-chief signed an act of unconditional surrender of Germany, which served as the end of the Great Patriotic War.