experience thomas fassbender he's a journalist on a former businessman very good evening to you tell this 1st of all do you agree with forbes saying that the russian economy's now become bullet proof or pretty much because the economy which can pay its external public cash out of its pocket has not much to fear to begin with we're looking at about 10 to 15 percent of g.d.p. the russian public debt which is very very small compared to 6162 percent in germany much higher. in the united states so from that point of view of view yes bullet proof that they were putin said that sanctions imposed on russia are actually backfiring on the west would you agree with him or not. i wouldn't i wouldn't say they backfired because over the last years basically both sides have come to terms with their relative position towards sanctions what of course still hurts the european economy of the same tunes by russia against producers agriculture producers from western europe but that is just a part of the whole picture backfiring i would say the most important is that russia has managed to find ways aroun

military personnel remaining in the country journalist and author thomas fassbender says washington fears losing influence over berlin. this is a rather cheap effort at we kind ling cold war nostalgia reported that way kind ling german angst in the face of russia because the best way of course to do with that the best way to develop a strong enemy image among german politicians and populations is to picture or to paint brush in the mold as close as possible in the mold of the soviet union one of the central fields of us jews to egypt thinking as i see it is losing control over germany that germany might at one point early or later take her own fate into her own hands keeping large armies with tanks and soldiers along the russian border is from my point of view a futile effort which the fact of which of the intention of which is mainly to keep western europe within a status of angst and fear of russia in order to stay close to the folds of the u.s.g. used to d.g. interests. the international criminal court at the hague has met about its highest ever penalty to congo is rebel warlord he joi