Russlands „imperialistischer Plan“ beginnt erst, sagt Merz

Not a beginning, really. The beginning was the creation of the USSR and the idea to spread the ‚innocent‘ russian world by annexing the territories it considered as novorussian – something that was close in proximity to the russian empire (or was part of it at some point in history). The moto to survive was and still is based on a quest of destroying anything it considers a threat. In reality, however, russia is the threat to everyone else, since there is nobody looking for a beef with it. Hence, to justify your agression, you need to create a false justification and victimize yourself. This is done by falsely claiming that other countries (which russia considers its sphere of influence) are constantly defiling the rights of the russian speakers there. This argument is repeated in every case, conflict ir war that russia is part of.

Imperialist plan or not, russia degraded to the point of extinction. By destroying itself, it only aims to assure that others are destroyed with it.

Why does this Merz guy have one quote in the headlines every other day? Does he give regular speeches?

It’s off to a roaring start /s