Germany has traditionally played a very constructive role regarding E.U. ties with Russia and the West as a whole with Russia.

Hours before the Georgian invasion, Russia had been working to secure a United Nations Security Council statement calling for a renunciation of force by both Georgia and South Ossetians. The statement that could have averted bloodshed was blocked by western countries.

We can say that Japan is the only country that calls into question the outcome of the Second World War; no one else does.

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