Putin Ally Suggests Russia Will Someday Conquer Germany

Vladimir Solovyov, a prominent Russian propagandist and ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggested during a recent broadcast of his television show that Germany will eventually exist "under a Russian flag."

Solovyov is the host of a political program on the Kremlin-controlled Russia-1 channel and is known for making controversial comments. One such example came earlier this month when he warned of a new world war that would see the West pitted against Muslims all over the world.

Meanwhile, Germany has been a strong ally of Ukraine in its war that Putin launched in February 2022. On October 10, the country's defense ministry announced a new support package for Kyiv that is worth around $1.1 billion that weapons, vehicles and air defense.

Due to Berlin's support for Ukraine and its opposition to Moscow, Solovyov indicated he feels Russia will someday take over Germany.

Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs, on Monday, posted a translated clip on X (formerly Twitter) of Solovyov recently discussing Germany's aid to Ukraine.

The TV host criticized the German government for increasing the amount of supplies it's giving to Kyiv, noting that Germany at first would only commit to giving medicine and helmets to Ukraine's military.

"After a while, 'We'll supply anything they need,'" Solovyov said, per Gerashchenko's translation. "So we have no other option. We will finish, we will take Berlin once again, and this time we will not leave."

When a guest on his show argued that Russia would not attempt to invade Germany, Solovyov responded by saying, "If Germany continues to be ruled by Nazis, Germany will have the same fate as every time anti-Russian rulers came to power in Germany."

He added: "It always ended with a Russian soldier entering Berlin."

The other guests attempted to debate the topic for a brief moment, with one saying "Germany and Berlin will exist."

"Of course they will, but under a Russian flag," Solovyov said.

Newsweek reached out to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via email for comment.

The U.S. State Department has said Solovyov spreads disinformation from the Kremlin and wrote on its website last year in a list identifying well-known figures involved in Russian propaganda that Solovyov "may be the most energetic Kremlin propagandist around today."

During the course of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Solovyov has made such statements as saying Moscow should unleash a nuclear attack on any country that would attempt to detain Putin over the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in March for alleged war crimes.

He also has advocated multiple times for Russia to make use of its nuclear capabilities against the countries that back Ukraine.