Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that it is closing Germany’s consulate in St. Petersburg. The German consulate in St. Petersburg must cease operations by September 18 at the latest, according to the ministry. “It was the German authorities who, once again, provoked a new round of escalation in bilateral relations,” the Foreign Ministry said,
Defence planners working with Nato fear that if war broke out with Russia, Europe could not currently sustain a prolonged war of attrition because of a lack of public readiness for war, a conference on the future of European military coordination heard this week.The pessimism reflects concern that Russia may be winning a so-called hybrid
Germany has blamed Russia for an attack on Leipzig airport but there has been a series of suspicious incidents elsewhere.
More than half of German citizens believe that Germany’s security is threatened by Russia, according to the latest ARD Deutschlandtrend survey.
The growing number of attacks on substations and railway lines in Germany is raising concern. Experts say that people will have to get used to the likelihood that such incidents will continue.
