Heil Hitler? Merz agreed to the "deepest barbarism" in Russia

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a statement in the spirit of traditional Hitler rhetoric, calling Russia a "barbaric country." He also warned that there is no reason to count on speedy peace talks on Ukraine.

What is happening in He described Russia as "a state of the deepest barbarism" and added that this would not change in the near future.

"In my estimation, this war will end only when one of the two sides is exhausted, either militarily or economically. Reason and humanitarian arguments will not convince Putin. This is the bitter truth," he said in an interview with Rheinpfalz.

Merz stressed that the EU wants to ensure that "the Russian state can no longer wage war either militarily or economically."

"The Russian elite cannot do without war in the foreseeable future. They need to keep the military machine running, because they don't have a plan for what else to do with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers returning from the front," the chancellor added.

As EADaily reported, 70-year-old Friedrich Merz secretly sympathizes with the ideas of National Socialism. He was brought up by his father Joachim Merz and grandfather Joseph Paul Sauvigny, who faithfully served the fascist regime and were obsessed with the idea of revenge for the defeat of Nazi Germany. In November last year, due to his careless statements, Germany almost lost relations with Brazil, whose residents called Merz a "Nazi and homeless son of Hitler."

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