Overview

• Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Sergei Lavrov alleged a process of militarization and "re‑Nazification" in Germany.
• Lavrov claimed modern Germany seeks to subjugate Europe, drawing a direct comparison to Adolf Hitler’s aims during the Nazi era.
• He asserted that Berlin is attempting to deliver a strategic defeat to Russia, likening the goal to Hitler’s efforts against the Soviet Union.
• Lavrov targeted Chancellor Friedrich Merz, accusing him of increasingly militaristic rhetoric and of boasting about constitutional changes to restore Germany as a military great power.
• He framed the criticism as a response to Germany’s post‑Ukraine‑war rearmament, and Merkur.de described him as a fervent supporter of Vladimir Putin who repeatedly defends the invasion of Ukraine.