Before being sworn into office former [[Russian]] President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] posted on [[social media]]:
Before being sworn into office former [[Russian]] President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] posted on [[social media]]:
{{Cquote|Future Chancellor Merz accuses Russia of waging [[war]] in [[Europe]] and targeting Germany with [[arson]], contract killings & [[disinformation]]. You're not in power yet but already lying like [[Goebbels]]. [[Nazi Germany]] attacked us like this from 1941-1945. We know how it ended. Bad start, Fritz! Hope it ends the same way for you.<ref>https://t.me/infodefENGLAND/26845</ref>}}
{{Cquote|Future Chancellor Merz accuses Russia of waging [[war]] in [[Europe]] and targeting Germany with [[arson]], contract killings & [[disinformation]]. You're not in power yet but already lying like [[Goebbels]]. [[Nazi Germany]] attacked us like this from 1941-1945. We know how it ended. Bad start, Fritz! Hope it ends the same way for you.<ref>https://t.me/infodefENGLAND/26845</ref>}}
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Russia expert [[Dr. Gilbert Doctorow commented:
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{{Cquote|there is now another [[European]] 'leader' whose [[anti-Russian]] words may translate into actions that will be devastating for Germany and could just drag us all into a [[third world war]]. I am speaking about the incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz.<ref>[