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His calculation may not be immediately obvious, but it is still logical: If Putin portrays the federal government as a warmonger, then the addressee is not the federal government. It is the German citizens who should be encouraged in their concerns that further support for Ukraine carries the risk that they themselves could be drawn into the war. Because what does someone who is convinced of this do? He or she starts looking for alternatives, for parties that advocate approaching Putin. You’ll quickly find what you’re looking for at the populist extremes of the political spectrum, with Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW party or the right-wing national AfD.