Medvedev calls for the killing of Germans: Putin’s game with “German Fear”. But we shouldn't allow ourselves to be intimidated, says Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis.
Prudence is good, but fear does not make our country safer. On the contrary, only strength deters Putin, says Anastasiaadis, and we should not be intimidated by threats from the Russian leader. The Peace Chancellor and his SPD also have to ask themselves whether, for domestic political reasons, they should really get involved in Russia's threatening rhetoric.