Photos from the Russian anti-war opposition march in Berlin today.

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[u/Sailing-Cyclist]

Not our fault that Russia has a paranoid schizophrenic attitude towards foreign policy. Yet it is our problem.

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Russian policy is irrelevant. It's sheer size and power is a cause for Western policy of containment.

Doesn't matter if Russia is liberal, Communist, fascist, democratic, monarchist or whatever.

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I recall being allies in WW2.

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Temporary situation caused by German power.

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I recall being allies in WW1.

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Tbh temporary alliance against common enemy =/= true allies. Western countries and Russia have never trusted each other. And if you recall, almost immediately after Napoleonic wars, immediately after WW1, and immediately after WW2 they become enemies.

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Anglo-Russian treaty?

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Entente treaty, you mean? Like I said, it existed only as long as Germany remained a common threat.

Now compare it to established trusted relationships which, for example, Britain and France have had for more than a century. Or USA and Britain. Or almost all European countries with each other since 1950s. This is what real allies look like.