In brief

• According to the Ukrainian portal TSN, a Ukrainian refugee in Germany noticed that even owners of expensive cars stop by garbage bins to take items left there; she initially did not understand this custom, but over time she began to use it herself.
• According to the Belarusian portal Charter 97, an independent opposition outlet operating from exile, in Germany there were demands to punish Gerhard Schröder for attending Vladimir Putin's birthday party, and a new disciplinary procedure against him was initiated in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
• Rossijskaja Gazieta, a Russian state-controlled daily regarded as propaganda media, writes about a scandal in Germany after the publication of a photo of Chancellor Friedrich Merz with Volodymyr Zelensky; according to this account, German commentators sharply criticize the head of government, but the material does not present the scope or justification of this criticism in detail.
• Both materials about politics describe internal disputes in Germany over relations with Russia and Ukraine, but each concerns a different matter and a different person.

Ukrainian press

According to the Ukrainian portal TSN, a Ukrainian refugee in Germany noticed that even owners of expensive cars stop by garbage bins to take items left there. She initially did not understand this custom, but over time she began to use it herself. ("Підбирають одяг зі смітника": біженка з України показала те, що її здивувало у Німеччині – TSN)

Belarusian press

According to the Belarusian portal Charter 97, an independent opposition outlet operating from exile, in Germany there were demands to punish former chancellor Gerhard Schröder for attending Vladimir Putin's birthday party. Charter 97 reports that a new disciplinary procedure against Schröder was initiated in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. (В Германии требуют наказать Шредера за визит на день рождения Путина – Charter 97) The Russian daily Rossijskaja Gazieta, state-controlled and regarded as propaganda media, in turn writes about a scandal in Germany after the publication of a photo of Chancellor Friedrich Merz with Zelensky, which according to this account provoked sharp criticism from German commentators. (Скандал в Германии: Мерца отправили на Украину после фото с Зеленским – Rossijskaja Gazieta (media propagandowe)) Both materials concern internal disputes in Germany over relations with Russia and Ukraine, although each describes a different matter and a different person.

Russian press

Rossijskaja Gazieta (propaganda media), a Russian state-controlled daily, writes about a scandal in Germany after the publication of a photo of Chancellor Friedrich Merz with Volodymyr Zelensky, and according to this account German commentators sharply criticize the head of government. The Kremlin propaganda in this material presents the matter as evidence of an internal conflict in Berlin, which is consistent with Moscow's line toward Germany and Ukraine, but it is not an independent report. The scope of the criticism and its specific justification are not presented in detail in the material.