Germans and Russians are brothers
Europeans hate the Russians???
Possibly the British hate the Russians but at least i know for sure that Germans dont. Russia holds the largest Palace of the Honour Street Unter den Linden in Berlin. (the German Palace was destroyed by the British in WW2) German government has recently said that the cultural and political ties to Russia are stronger than the ties to USA. President Vladimir Putin speaks perfect German and knows Berlin better than most Germans. (he worked there as KGB chief for a couple of years)
Germany is the Number 1 economic partner of Russia and holds percentages of Gazprom and Lukoil. The cooperation must be enhanced much stronger in the future.
The Germans and Russians are close brothers who have fought passionately and illustrously each other in the past, but now come to be brothers again.
Re: Germans and Russians are brothers
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Originally Posted by Vijak
Possibly the British hate the Russians
Well, this Brit loves Russia and Germany. I think Britain has a lot in common with Russia. To give just two examples:
We're both half-in, half-out of Europe. On the edge, taking advantage of being European when it suits us, but nervous of it and proud of our differences from the rest of Europe.
We're both ex-Empires, more powerful in the past and still coming to terms with the change.
Britain also has a lot more in common with Germany than we'd like to admit sometimes - I think the Brits are nervous of countries that are similar to us - it's like seeing yourself in a mirror.
I love the similarities between German and Russian. A number of times I understood what my Russian friend was saying to me because of the similarity with German especially with technical physics vocab.