World Sep 02, 2026 · 1 min read

Leipzig airport attack fallout lays bare Germany’s polarisation on Russia

The government’s increasingly hostile stance towards the Kremlin has drawn criticism from the far right – and the far leftEven before the German government laid the blame this week on Russia for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport, the topic of German ties to Moscow was high on the politica...

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by Kate Connolly in Berlin
Leipzig airport attack fallout lays bare Germany’s polarisation on Russia

The government’s increasingly hostile stance towards the Kremlin has drawn criticism from the far right – and the far left

Even before the German government laid the blame this week on Russia for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport, the topic of German ties to Moscow was high on the political agenda.

But the timing of the unsurprising yet explosive Leipzig announcement – days before a key regional vote – has exposed the extent to which German politics is polarised on the issue.

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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Kate Connolly in Berlin.

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