The Foreign Ministry announced the destruction of relations between Moscow and Berlin almost to the ground

Even with the beginning of the formation of a new government in Germany, Russia has no expectations that relations between the two countries can improve after all the Russophobic statements made in the Bundestag. This was announced on May 7 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"Against the background of numerous militant Russophobic statements by German politicians, there is no reason to expect an improvement in relations between our countries," she told RIA Novosti.

Zakharova added that the actions of the government of former Chancellor Olaf Scholz had destroyed Russian-German relations "almost to the core," so there was nothing to aggravate them. She also stressed that the Russian Federation is ready for any development of events after the election of a new chancellor in Germany.

Merz faded: in Germany, for the first time in history, the first round of the election of the chancellor failed

It was decided to hold a repeat vote on the same day.

On May 6, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appointed Friedrich Merz as the new Chancellor of Germany. Since he could not get enough votes to be elected head of state in the first round of voting, he was appointed the new chancellor only for the second time.