Strack-Zimmermann on Putin Köppel disputes her rhetoric

Sep 24

Köppel quotes Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann saying Putin is a criminal who belongs in The Hague rather than the United States. He criticizes her rhetoric and invokes German historical responsibility toward Russia, citing twenty-six million Soviet deaths in Germany's war of annihilation. He also briefly mentions Kerkeling's use of historical responsibility in Thuringia and compares the political moralism he condemns with the earlier government beach-chair controversy. These are Strack-Zimmermann's stated position and Köppel's opposing historical and political argument, not a new criminal conviction or a legal determination.

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann publicly describes Putin as a criminal who belongs in The Hague rather than the United States. Köppel quotes the position in his October 1 programme and criticizes her rhetoric, invoking German historical responsibility toward Russia and twenty-six million Soviet deaths in Germany's war of annihilation. Her characterization and his opposing historical argument remain attributed. The account establishes no new criminal conviction, court action or summit attendance outcome.