MOSCOW, Jan 24 Words by Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schönbach, former Commander of the German Navy about Crimea are connected with the fact that in Germany they look at Russia «historically differently», general, ex-head of the SBU Igor Smeshko said on the air of the TV channel «Ukraine 24». Earlier, speaking in India, Schönbach said that Crimea would never return into the Ukraine. The Vice Admiral also called the accusations from the West against Russia about the «invasion» of Ukraine «nonsense.» Later, Schönbach asked to be relieved of his duties, the head of the German Defense Ministry, Christina Lambrecht, accepted the resignation. «When the German admiral says that we have a lack of democracy … But Voltaire in 1731 wrote in his work» Sweden» that there was no more democratic state in Europe in the 17th century than the Cossack state that existed with us,» Smeshko said. united Germany did not exist, they were «patchwork» states. At the same time, it was the Russian Empire that helped Germany «stand up», therefore they «historically» look at Russia differently than they imagine in Ukraine. «And such words, to be honest, even outrage me as an officer … Questions that Germany is now raising , should have an adequate and professional, diplomatic and informational response,» the general added.
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