An open letter to Putin - after the anti-Russian attacks of our media and politicians ("Neue Rheinische Zeitung", Germany)
President Putin, in his speech on March 18 of 2014, devoted to the entry of Crimea into Russia, directly addressed the German people. This appeal deserves a positive response, which corresponds to the real feelings of the Germans - those that they express these days in various public opinion polls. The one-sided anti-Russian statements of our media and politicians, as well as the exacerbating situation of Berlin’s demarches, cannot represent the entire German people, who are increasingly distancing themselves from the militant policies of the EU and NATO. Therefore, we are publishing this Open Letter to President Putin, which on Thursday was transferred to the Russian Embassy in Berlin:
Dear Mr. President!
In your speech in the State Duma, you asked the Germans for understanding.
We are German citizens, who grew up mostly in the post-war period in the western part of the country. When the cold war ended in 1990, and our country was reunited, the whole world breathed a sigh of relief because the constant threat of nuclear conflict that would bring misfortune to the entire globe seemed to be eliminated. At the same time, Germany would be completely obliterated from the face of the earth. The decisive contribution to the liberation of Europe from national socialism was made by the Soviet Union, which paid for it with countless victims, incomparable to the losses of any other country that participated in World War II. In 1990, the USSR expressed readiness to support the reunification of Germany, and in 1991 to dissolve the Warsaw Pact and recognize the membership of the united Germany in NATO. The West did not appreciate this step. The then US ambassador to Moscow (1987-1991) Jack Matlock confirmed several days ago in the Washington Post that President Bush had agreed not to use the magnanimity of President Gorbachev for his own purposes. However, the subsequent expansion of NATO to the former Soviet Union republics, the formation of military bases on the territory of the former Warsaw Pact member countries and the installation of a missile "shield" in Eastern Europe by the United States while simultaneously canceling the ABM Treaty were not just scandalous violations of this promise. These steps, even we, ordinary citizens, can be perceived only as a manifestation of the strength of the West, directed against the state and economic consolidation of the country that you are following after being elected president in 2000. In addition, Cyr A. Lieber (Keir A. Lieber) and Daryl G. Press (Daryl G. Press) in his article “The Growth of US Nuclear Leadership” (The Rise of US Nuclear Primacy), published in 2006 in the journal Foreign Affairs , convincingly proved that the missile "shield" should make possible the first nuclear strike in order to neutralize Russia's nuclear power.
This background clearly shows the background against which we can evaluate events in Ukraine, starting in November 2013. Meanwhile, it has been repeatedly documented that the United States used fair protests of the Ukrainian people as a tool to achieve their own goals. This scenario was “worked out” in other countries: in Serbia, Georgia, in Ukraine in 2004, in Egypt, Syria, Libya, Venezuela ...
The “disturbing factors” in the face of the European Union and the OSCE within twelve hours after the agreement on the peaceful change of power reached by the foreign ministers of the so-called “Weimar Triangle” was eliminated with the help of fascist forces. Partners on the websites of the Open Ukraine Foundation, headed by the Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine, testify who is behind the current putsch government in Kiev.
The domestic and international legal questions arising regarding the separation of Crimea from Ukraine can be answered in different ways. We do not try to evaluate the events associated with this from a legal point of view, but we evaluate them from a political point of view. Given the development of Europe after 1990, the emergence of about a hundred new US military bases around the world, US control over the sea straits and a threat to the Russian Black Sea fleetcoming from the Maidan rapists, we consider the secession of Crimea from Ukraine as a protective measure and a simultaneous signal: to here and no further! The decisive difference between this situation and the declaration of independence of Kosovo is that the prerequisite for the latter was the NATO air strikes, which were contrary to international law, in which, unfortunately, Germany also took part.
Dear Mr. President, about four years ago you already spoke in favor of creating an economic community between Lisbon and Vladivostok. It could be the economic basis for the Single European House. At the same time, Ukraine could become an ideal “bridge” for future cooperation between the Eurasian Union you initiated and the European Union - not least the cultural aspect. We are convinced that active US intervention was intended to prevent Ukraine from fulfilling this function. In the European Commission, forces supporting the anti-Russian policy of the United States took over. The speech of the head of the European Foreign Service, Pierre Vimont (Pierre Vimont) 14 in March of this year, did not leave any doubts on this score (EurArchiv: "The EU did not interfere in the US-Russian talks on Ukraine" - "EU shunned from US-Russia meeting on Ukraine" ).
Dear Mr. President, we proceed from the fact that your historical speech in the German Bundestag in 2001 and will continue to remain the basis of your actions in relation to the EU and Germany. Recent polls indicate that most Germans do not want a confrontation with Russia and are sympathetic to its reaction to events in Ukraine. We are aware that there are many factors that negatively affect the attitude of Germany as a member of the EU and NATO towards Russia. These factors are also known to you. Nevertheless, we expect that the German government will act in accordance with the ancient Roman principle of “audiatur et altera pars” (“Let the other side be heard”). In connection with the "neighborhood policy" of the EU, this did not happen in the case of Ukraine. Even during the Cold War, Russia did not begin to use its 27 million victims who died during World War II as a political tool against Germany. This magnanimity alone deserves a different quality of relations between our countries. The Germans understand this. When the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany left our country in 1994 and its military band performed in concert on the square in front of the Federal Palace of Arts in Bonn, touching scenes were played between musicians and numerous spectators. In this regard, we can characterize the coverage of recent events in the German media by one exact English adjective: "disgusting" ("disgusting").
Dear Mr. President, we, ordinary citizens of Germany, will use our modest means to try to prevent the started division of Europe and revive the ideas of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz. We are convinced that only if the states and peoples of Eurasia resolve issues peacefully, respectfully and in a spirit of cooperation, will it spread to the rest of the world. In this sense, we see in you a reliable ally.
We wish you strength, self-control, intelligence and skill in doing business during your current and hopefully next presidential term.
With best regards,
Jochen Scholz, retired lieutenant colonel
Volker Broutigam, journalist
Wolf Gower, Director / Journalist
Andreas House, historian, publicist
Regine Nekel, editor
Dr. Ludwig Watzal, journalist and editor, Bonn
Stefan Siegert, artist, author
Peter Kleinert, journalist, author of documentaries, publisher of the newspaper Neue Rheinische Zeitung
Günther Schupp, retired
Ulrich Zander, journalist, federal representative of the Union persecuted by the Nazi regime / Union of Anti-Fascists
Evelyn Hecht-Galinsky, publicist, author
Benjamin Hecht
Peter Lommes, Real Estate Entrepreneur
Wilfried Rüe, pensioner, retired captain of the National People’s Army, chairman of the Gemeinschaft der 13er eV society
Claudia Karas, Union activist for a just peace in Palestine
Peter M. Richter, Lawyer
Antje Richter, Certified Librarian
Tilo Schönberg, publisher of the information portal 0815-info.com
Hartmut Barth-Engelbart, writer, entertainer, songwriter, historian
Günther Schenk, member of the Collectif Judéo Arabe et Citoyen pour la Palestine, Strasbourg
Wolfgang Jung, publisher LUFTPOST
Ulrich Gellerman, publisher of the portal Rational galerie
Tim Broytigam, customer service manager
Rainer Rupp, journalist
Winfried Balti, Certified Theologian, Former Psychotherapist
Friedrich Gentsch, graduate engineer, architect
Birgit Gentsch, former teacher
Harry Grünberg, Chairman of Cuba, Member of the Federal Committee of the Left Party
Dr. Werner Bollendorf, historian, former individual entrepreneur
Thomas Immanuel Steinberg, pensioner
Fritz Reichert, physicist
Dr. Manfred Lotze, MD
Annette Klepzig, former laboratory assistant (retired), member of Pax Christi
Dr. Dieter Weber, Historian, Archive Officer
Jens Wagner, Ph.D., Medical Assistant, Doctors of the World for the Prevention of Nuclear War (NNPC)
Johannes Clear, musician
Ingrid Hacker Clear, translator
Norbert Bragoner, pensioner
Dr. Albrecht Jebens, Editor-in-Chief, Lecturer, Author
Sami Yildirim, certified psychologist
Maria Pauli, artist
Kurt Wirth, Certified Entrepreneur / Retired
Elisabeth Woeckel, Theologin, Dozentin i. Brasilien, Syrien, Sri Lanka, i. R.
Elizabeth Wokel, theologian, former associate professor in Brazil, Syria, Sri Lanka
Dr. Dirk-M. Harmsen, physicist, Forum Ethics of the World, Evangelical Land Church of Baden
Flora Erler, retired
Irma Dillman, retired
Jürgen Rose, retired lieutenant colonel, board member of the Darmstadt Signal Working Group
Karl-Heinz Walloch, author of documentaries
Rene Pauli, a police officer
Esther Thomsen, Certified Theologian
Prof. Dr. Werner Ruf, political scientist
Wolfgang Raynike-Abel, Master of Philology and Pedagogy, cultural manager
Kristine Raynike, Master, Director
Tatyana Weber, Ph.D., certified teacher of Russian language and history
Erasmus Schaeffer, Writer, Cologne
Peter Bouch, pensioner
Gudrun Rafeld, retired
Dr. Itssedin Moussa, Dipl. geologist (retired), chairman of the Society for the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Palestinians
Dietrich Schulze, Candidate of Technical Sciences, member of the Board of Trustees of Natural Sciences-Peace Initiative
Tobias Ganitz, carpenter
Hans Kristang, Dipl. Lawyer, pensioner, Left Party
Prof. Dr. Frank-Rainer Schurich, publicist
Dr. Hassan Swelim, a physicist
Alexander Meringue, nurse
Olga Beze, economist
Frank Skishus, Federal Peace Council Committee, Kassel
Renate Schoof, writer
Ursula Schleier, former doctor
Thomas Gotterbarm, translator
Rudolf Reddig, historian
Wolfgang Behr, cartographer
Dr. George Alfred Kuhak, former microbiologist
Frank Skiesuss, Federal Peace Council Committee, Kassel
Maria von Holitz, former deputy director of the school, "Union 90 / Green", daughter of the conqueror of the Crimea and savior of Paris before the destruction of Hitler
Dr. Wolfgang Bittner, Writer
Dietrich Schulze
Dr. Almut Benzel
Karin Hamacher
Volker O'Bardin
Tobias Gdanitz-Zimmerer
Dr. Bernd Bornemann
Gerhard Dumchen, former priest
Ole Khmilevsky
Heinz Brüggemann
Gunter Wilke, journalist
Marianne Wilke
Erica Varnke
Marlene Goyushke, pensioner
Maaten Slopers, retired
Wolfram Yasker
Irmgard Yasker
Helga meyer
Brigitte von Winterfeld, pensioner
Rainer Mel, retired
Geza metzger
Inge luers
Valentin Meringue, manager
Jochen Vogler, pensioner, regional representative of the Union pursued by the Nazi regime, the Union of Anti-Fascists of North Rhine-Westphalia
Edgar Fries, Dipl. engineer, city planner / retired
Karl Schmidt, former priest
Helmut Jaskolski, former teacher, member of the Pax Christi organization
Hanna Jaskolski
Michael Poost, programmer
Dr. Peter Kern, Professor (retired)
Andreas Winterhalder, teacher
Frithof Neviak, graduate of Kharkov State University (Ukraine)
Sonya Neviak, studied in Kharkov (Ukraine)
Hans-Gunter Schramm
Christoph Paschke, Head of Electronic Data Processing
Mario Schweizer, economist
Suzanne Wiesinger, translator
Jochen Adolff, graphic designer
Carsten Wölk, retired
Jessica Mayer, mother and housewife
Dr. Rudolf Bauer, Professor
Diploma. psychologist Marianne Zeriensen-Bauer, psychotherapist
Florian Finke, student
Wolfgang ney
Willy Val, publisher of the online blog Seniora.org
Margot val
Klaus H. Yann, Roter Reporter Edition
Dr. Bernd Bornemann, art historian, cultural figure
Dipl. Engineer Ernst Docter, Union of German Engineers
Hans-Ulrich Bünger, Dipl. economist, pensioner
Michael Post, journalist
Sibylle Maggraf, literature teacher
Holger Plata, author and scientific journalist
Edgar Fries
Anita Binz (Switzerland)
Ursula Schleier
Dr. Holger Muller, Theology, Priest, Representative of the Evangelical Land Church in Baden
Angelika Wolfrum-Daub, psychotherapist
Peter G. Spengler, ed. Studies on Temporary Issues
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Gunter, University of Freiburg
Ulrike Schramm, Children's Nurse
Werner Schramm, a pedagogy researcher
Manfred Hausgerr-Wilman, entrepreneur
Heinz A. Schammert, parenting consultant
Brigitte Brecht, opera director
Katharina Bachmann, Vors. Die NaturFreunde OG Schopfheim e. V.
Katharina Bachmann, chairman of the association Die NaturFreunde OG Schopfheim eV
Stefan Perchi, art designer
Udo Stampa, Judge in the Land Social Court
Werner Heinlein, former judicial officer
Hans Kristang
Inge Baumgart, retired
Christa Willich-Klein, Dipl. psychologist
Christine Erlenshpil, former deputy. school principal
Dieter Anshütz, former deputy. school principal
Dr. Teresia Sauter-Baile, retired
Frank Baum, PhD, Doctor, Clinical Geriatrics (Doctors of the World for the Prevention of Nuclear War (WNST), Democratic Union of Doctors)
Michael Schoof, pensioner
Dr. Jurgen Koch
Uta Koh
Rainer Klukhun, former teacher
Dipl. biologist Doris Grunert, anthropogenetic, University of Bremen
Albert haller
Dipl. engineer Wolfgang Herzig, retired colonel
Helmut Ressler, retired
Jens Loewe, entrepreneur at Bormann & Loewe GbR
Gerhard Tsverents, writer
Ingrid Tsverents, author
Doris Schilling, entrepreneur
Sebastian Tsakhov-Firrat
Elke Minks Art. leftist
Eva Maria Muller, Dipl. lawyer
Udo Meurer, mechanic
Dr. Vera Hartlapp, Former Psychiatrist
Brigitte Rauscher
Peter Rauscher, retired
Dr. Hamid Reza Yousef, University of Trier
Günther Schroth, former teacher
Claude Gregoire, a citizen of Luxembourg
Krista Opperman, pensioner
Dietrich Hiprat, Dipl. engineer, pensioner
Josef Gottshlich, teacher, assistant of the elementary school of the Institute of Regional Pedagogy of Freiburg
Klaus-Dieter Mudra
Jörg Spannbauer, cinema manager
Ernst Albers-Buttstedt, former employee of the department of social psychiatry
Stefan Buttstedt, Former Administrative Officer
Dr. John Heinzov, Physician / Environmental Medicine
Wolfgang Eschenbacher, macroeconomic expert
Andreas Gaube, graphic artist
Dipl. engineer Duzan Radakovich, pensioner
Peter Bes, former priest
Tatiana Hes, a specialist in care for the elderly
Gudrun Fanten, former Process Technician
Klaus Fanten, former architect
Anke Vetekamp, teacher
Walter Mayer, former librarian
Prof. Hermann Kendel
Dipl. businessman Kristan Ottens
Christine Green-Ottens, Dipl. social pedagogy specialist
Dr. Christian Fisher, engineer, expert
Information