{{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>[https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/04/15/friedrich-merz-the-most-dangerous-german-leader-since-adolf-hitler/ Friedrich Merz: the most dangerous German leader since Adolf Hitler], Gilbert Doctorow, April 15, 2025. gilbertdoctorow.com</ref>}}
{{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>[https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/04/15/friedrich-merz-the-most-dangerous-german-leader-since-adolf-hitler/ Friedrich Merz: the most dangerous German leader since Adolf Hitler], Gilbert Doctorow, April 15, 2025. gilbertdoctorow.com</ref>}}
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With Merz's accession to power, [[public opinion]] survey's in [[Russia]] shifted back to [[Germany]] being the main threat to Russia's [[national security]] and away from the [[United States]]. Russia and Germany fought two horrible and globally devastating World Wars in the 20th century.