DISINFO: Germany slips again into the abyss guided by Nazi ideology
SUMMARY
Berlin becomes an enemy of Moscow again and takes part in a war guided by the Nazi ideology it created. Germany is slipping again into the same abyss it already did twice in the previous century. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is a faithful descendant of his relatives who fought in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
RESPONSE
This is part of a wider disinformation campaign attacking Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Germany’s leadership, launched as a reaction to Germany’s renewed support for Ukraine, including proposals to jointly develop long-range missiles inside Ukrainian territory. In this case, no arguments are expressed other than baselessly accusing German leaders of having a “Nazi ideology”. Labelling Russia’s adversaries as Nazis is a frequently used pro-Kremlin disinformation technique, and has been used by Russia to try to justify the invasion of Ukraine by portraying it as a “denazification operation”.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that incoming German chancellor Merz may pose threat to the world, that Baerbock has a Nazi background and is therefore unfit for top UN job, that Führer Ursula von der Leyen is turning the EU into a bastion of liberal totalitarianism, that the European elites want to turn the EU into the Fourth Reich, or that warmongering EU’s Fourth Reich wants a Third World War.