NATO's Expert On Communications: 'Russia Trying To Topple German Chancellor Merkel'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Guardian: Russia ‘stoking refugee unrest in Germany to topple Angela Merkel’

Analysts at Nato centre claim to have found evidence of ‘information war’ over migration crisis with links to Vladimir Putin.

Russia is trying to topple Angela Merkel by waging an information war designed to stir up anger in Germany over refugees, Nato’s most senior expert on strategic communications has claimed.

The attempt to provoke the removal of the German leader, who has been a strong supporter of sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime, is said to have been identified by Nato analysts.

Jānis Sārts, director of Nato’s Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, based in Riga, Latvia, told the Observer that Russia had a track record of funding extremist forces in Europe, and that he believed there was now evidence of Russia agitating in Germany against Merkel.

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WNU Editor: This accusation/claim is bizarre. The Russian media may be publicizing the crime and social/cultural problems that are arising with the influx of a million plus refugees into Germany, but so is the New York Times and Spiegel .... Germany Has Changed. Does this mean that posting critical articles on a policy means that you are trying to overthrow the government? As I said .... bizarre.