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Germans Back Tougher Stance Toward Russia Over Ukraine -- Poll
Wallstreet Journal ^ | 8/21/2014 | Harriet Torry

Posted on 08/21/2014 5:00:43 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans

BERLIN—German voters are swinging behind their government's tougher line against Moscow after long being willing to give Russia the benefit of the doubt in its dispute with Ukraine.

An opinion poll published Friday shows Germans widely support the European Union's latest sanctions against Russia and an overwhelming majority view the Kremlin's actions in eastern Ukraine with an increasingly critical eye, with 82% of Germans surveyed saying Russia can't be trusted.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Russia
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1 posted on 08/21/2014 5:00:43 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Germany and Russia again.... I wonder...


2 posted on 08/21/2014 5:07:50 PM PDT by refermech
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

My dad fought the Germans after the German and Russian war alliance broke up, and I was jumping out of German airplanes while allied with them against the Russians, the Germans are correct to want to stand firm against Russia’s newest empire building.


3 posted on 08/21/2014 5:27:35 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: ansel12

Goodness, specifically I take it your father was Russian? Please tell us more. It is fascinating.


4 posted on 08/21/2014 5:55:03 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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Nope, he was American.


5 posted on 08/21/2014 6:01:50 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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