Kremlin follows up on wiretapping scandal: Putin spokeswoman insults German officers as “bastards”. Russia is known for ridicule and insults – the West warns of “discord” One could say that Russia is already in favor of verbal attacks of this kind.

The Vice Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, described Scholz as a “liverwurst” in January. Vladimir Solovyov, a Putin propagandist, called Germany the “Fourth Reich”