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Antonia Malchik's avatar

DW is what I use for news on Russia and Ukraine. Thanks for highlighting these complexities. (When I lived in Austria, it was a human rights violation mumbled about that the police never wore any form of identification.)

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SDPeters's avatar

Yes, I was shocked. Germany is supposed to be a modern democracy that reckoned with its shoah legacy. When I point out the irony that the police are afraid of antifa, I don't make friends. Lack of transparency/kafkaesque bureaucracy/lawyer insurance are all weirdly and sadly considered the norm here. As for Jewish people outing themselves, I just learned that this is a hard no, for safety reasons long before current events. But DW can be good. German friends are surprised at what I learn about Germany through them.

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