Sahra Wagenknecht Condemns Russia Sanctions at Saxony-Anhalt Campaign Finale

Sahra Wagenknecht used the BSW’s final campaign event in Saxony-Anhalt to sharply attack Germany’s response to Russia.

"We are breaking all bridges for cultural exchange. We are breaking all bridges for dialogue," Wagenknecht said at the campaign closing event in Halle. She called the federal government’s policy wrong and crazy.

The government imposed a package of diplomatic measures against Moscow after an attempted drone bomb attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport in early August, which it attributes to Russia. The measures include plans to close Russia’s consulate general in Bonn in mid-September and terminate the agreement for the Russian House in Berlin.

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We are breaking all bridges for cultural exchange. We are breaking all bridges for dialogue.

Wagenknecht also warned that the danger of war was growing for Germany. She said Russia was being attacked with German technology, German money and, in some cases, German weapons. In Russia, she said, increasingly loud voices were calling for attacks on sites where those weapons are produced.

Peace was also the central theme for the BSW’s leading candidates. Claudia Wittig said, "Peace is a state issue," adding that it was also an economic and education issue. The BSW was polling below the 5% threshold ahead of Sunday’s election for a new state parliament.

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Peace is a state issue.