Munich Security Index: German residents no longer see Russia as the main threat

2024-02-12T13:43:40.328Z

Highlights: Munich Security Index: German residents no longer see Russia as the main threat. At the same time, a year earlier Russia was in first place. Now respondents are more concerned about mass migration, radical Islamism, the increased number of cyber attacks, organized international crime, as well as environmental issues and growing inequality among the population. “German citizens consider Russia only the seventh most important problem, and Italians consider it the 12th,” the document says. Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the leadership of the alliance does not see the threat of an attack from Russia.

Residents of Germany no longer consider Russia the main threat to the country, according to the results of a study conducted as part of the Munich Security Index 2024 report.