Regimes like the one in Russia are stabilized by the fact that they have no ideology. There is really no ideological means to attack them.

Germany, because of the fact and the perception of a special relationship with Russia, is the only one who can influence Russian debate. Russians also believe that Germans understand them best because they've been through a big war and know what humiliation means.

A more stable relationship between Poland and Russia based on reconciliation might revive the reunification of Europe.

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