The German foreign Minister explained the policy of Russia’s desire to compete with USA

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МИД Германии объяснил политику России желанием конкурировать с США

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an interview with the newspaper Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung on Monday explained the policy of Russia on the world stage with a desire to compete with the US and protect their spheres of influence.

Answering a journalist’s question about whether he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin “unpredictable”, the head of the German foreign Minister said, “I see Russia’s actions as a desire to participate in global politics on par with the US and attempt to defend and expand their spheres of influence.”

Steinmeier expressed confidence that Moscow is also concerned that radical Islam might spread from the Middle East through Central Asia to Russia.

However, he said that “the presence of hundreds and even thousands of militants group “al-Nusra”* in Aleppo, Syria does not justify bombing cities.” “Russia must know that a military solution to the conflict in Syria can not be”, — he said.

*”Dzhebhat an-Nusra” terrorist group, which is prohibited in Russia.

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