The ex-Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, never trusted Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the Bundestag deputy from the Christian Democratic Union (CDS) Thomas Hileman in an interview with TSN.UA.
According to him, Germany already admits that all these years her political attitude towards Russia was wrong. After all, the wars could not be avoided. “We tried to avoid war. Now we have a war. Therefore, it was not the best policy that we adhered to both the Western world and mainly Germany. I talked with Merkel. I know her for 20 years. And she always said that Putin was Putin that Putin because she never trusted Putin. She told me personally during the conversation one on one, which does not trust Putin at all. Therefore, we are not surprised that he is a liar. On the other hand, German experience during the Cold War indicates that intense economic economic experience Relations help to reduce the degree, calm down. And this was inherent not only to Merkel, but also by the ordinary German faith of the German political class from left to right wing, ”said Heilman.
The politician also emphasized that Germany does not trust Russia, but sometimes the economic interests of countries still prevail in the political arena. “We do not trust them (Russians – ed.) Personally and know that they, unfortunately, lie to us, but if economic interests depend on us as much as we are from them, it will prevent them from performing absolutely irrational actions. In 1970-1980, when he was the Soviet Union. This is dramatically or catastrophically there is no longer due to what Putin did, ”the deputy said.