English
Język polski
The implications of the war in Ukraine for Germany’s policy towards Russia and German-Russian relations
https://doi.org/10.31749/2451-0610-ksm-2025-005
Abstract
The aim of the article is to indicate the main features of the policy of the Federal Republic of Germany towards Russia and German-Russian relations in the post-Cold War period, especially in the second decade of the 21st century. A special focus has been placed on Germany’s policy towards Russia after Russia’s armed intervention in Ukraine (24 February 2022). The main thesis of the study is contained in the statement that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has led to a fundamental change in German Russlandpolitik. That refers particularly to the perception of Russia by German political decision-makers as the main threat to the European security, which also triggered tendencies to limit dependency on Russian Energy resources. Of course, it is not certain that these changes in German politics are irreversible.
Keywords:
Germany , Russia , German-Russian relations , war in UkraineDownload files
Citation rules
Cited by / Share
Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
No. 22 (2025)
Published: 2026-07-17
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.