If it’s something fishy, the Russians are always behind it.
Berlin: Major police operation as massive aquarium bursts – More than 100 firefighters were called to the scene at the Radisson Blu hotel in the German capital’s Mitte district.
A 16-meter (52-foot) aquarium has burst at a hotel in downtown Berlin, Germany, rescue services said on Friday.
Immigrants Are Big Fans of Germany’s Anti-Immigrant Party – The fiercest devotees of the far-right AfD aren’t native Germans but migrants from Russia.
AfD is generally seen as a xenophobic, nativist force in German politics, and yet one of its key constituencies is foreign-born. The party claims that one-third of its voters are Russian Germans, and a recent study has shown that although this figure is probably exaggerated, support for the party among Russian Germans is above the national average. While AfD has a reputation for anti-Semitism, its voters also include a small but growing number of Russian Jews.
“We had huge problems entering the country. And other people have it really easy. They are simply waved through.”