The Russo-German Axis?

Gerhard Shröder, Merkel’s predecessor as chancellor, celebrated his 70^th birthday in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.   President Putin gave him a big hug.  The German ambassador was also there, and Merkel’s party’s foreign policy spokesman joined in the jollity and fun.  Back in Berlin, Foreign Minister Steinmeir is said to be supportive of the Russian position on Ukraine.  Anti-Americanism in the German population, exacerbated by the NSA spying scandal, is being further intensified by the Ukraine crisis.

Europeans don’t see why the US is making such a big thing about Ukraine, which they view as in the Russian sphere of influence.

Is a German-Russian axis developing?