<blockquote>'Moscow's intervention in an alleged rape case involving a German-Russian girl has heightened suspicions in Berlin that it is trying to stir up trouble, with a view to weakening Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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By undermining Merkel, who has taken a tough line on the Ukraine crisis, Moscow hopes to destabilize Europe and create a vacuum into which it can project its own power..
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Spiegel quoted the chief of BfV Germany's domestic security agency, Hans-Georg Maassen, as saying Russia was using KGB-style "old measures" of misinformation and detribalization.
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Russia is pursuing its policy of misinformation..'
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German-Russian ties feel Cold War-style chill over rape case, February 1, 2016</blockquote>
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'..Putin is unacceptable to the world..' - '..Stockholm now considers Russia to be the top threat to Swedish national security..' - 'Russia is still pouring heavy weapons into Ukraine..' - '..[use] all .. tools to help Ukraine..''Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.' - '..the Kremlin "aims to erode the rules-based institutions.." ''..Russian troops are still on the territory of Ukraine..' - '..the annexation of Crimea.''You have to be prepared to take up weapons when dealing with Putin..' - '..his behavior looks like madness, but in fact it's a cold strategy for life-long despotism.''In particular, the Crimean Tatars have been persecuted from the very beginning of the Russian invasion.'</blockquote>