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position by detaching Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Georgia, and to create alternative energy
supply routes from the Caspian region that would bypass Russia.
It is still difficult to say how Berlin will adjust its policy towards Russia with President Donald
Trump in office. But it would be naïve to think that the role of the main proponent of anti-
Russian policy in Europe assumed by Angela Merkel is the result only of American influence,
let alone of the Russophobic complexes of the current leadership of Poland and the Baltic states.
It is a voluntary and deliberate choice.
Электронное приложение к журналу «Международная жизнь»