Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Jochen Bittner: Eastern Germans’ soft spot for Russia
HAMBURG, Germany - The other day I called the author of an indignant letter to my newspaper to find out why he was so angry at us. It was because, he said, my paper had taken a critical line against Russia over its actions in Crimea and Ukraine. Having grown up in Communist East Germany, he said, gave him a "special antenna" for when the news media started to act in conformity with the government - and against the interests of the people.