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  Same thing happened in Canada - the biggest opponents to the oil pipelines were Russian social media accounts.
context: HR department at German intelligence unit is very busy with all the new job applications >
  
  Welcome back to classic Russian encroachment Germany, Russia still hates you apparently for the time you tried to invade them 600 years ago, again in 1918 before Russia pulled out of WW1 and again in WW2 during Operation Barborossa >
  
  Germany was formed in the late 19th century. Russia as a country has existed since 1991. What 600 years ago, are we talking crusades again? The Teutonic Order against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was not Russian by the by. Trying to make it sound like "Germany invaded Russia 600 years ago" is some revisionist bullcrap. Perhaps Russians entertain ideas like that. >
  
  For the people who don't read the link: first recorded conflict dates back to the 13th century.  Teutonic Knights took land in the Baltics.  Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated them at the Battle of the Ice in 1242.
  More than 600 years ago. >
  
  Yes but not Germany and not Russia at all. >
  
  Not the modern states, but German and Russian identities are much older than the modern states >
  
  I think that's right. While I've never met Putin, I suspect he sees himself as heir to not just Stalin, but the czars going all the way back. >
  
  The opened their eyes.  They were always there. >
  
  I think it’s more that they’re actually starting to pay attention to it now, instead of outright ignoring it. >
  
  Isnt soviet infiltration been historically unparalleled? Might as well act like everyone is a russian mole >
  
  Yep, Mexico is probably the worst >
  
  explain please? >
  
  Mexico has long been a target of Soviet and Russian infiltration due to it being easier to spy on than Canada or the US but still close to the US border and closely tied to the US culturally, politically, and economically.  Last year US intel reported that Mexico has the highest concentration of Russian intel operatives of any nation outside Russia itself. >
  
  German intelligence has been a long time , being riddled with Russian agents . One of the former leaders of Germany worked for a Russian oil company . >
  
  Still works and you should call him out by name: former chancellor Gerhard Schröder >
  
  Also the guy who started the dismantling of the nuclear power planta (often erroneously blamed on Merkel) to make sure Germany would depend on Russia for energy