MOSCOW // The speaker of the Russian Duma has asked a parliamentary committee to study a proposal to condemn the reunification of Germany in 1990.
It comes after Sergei Naryshkin faced scathing criticism of Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula when he spoke at the Parliament Assembly of Europe earlier this week.
On Wednesday, Communist deputy Nikolai Ivanov proposed a resolution to condemn what he called the “annexation” of East Germany in 1990, Russian news agencies said.
Mr Ivanov said that unlike in Crimea, there was no popular vote to support the German reunification.
Negotiations between East and West Germany, and among foreign powers including the Soviet Union, resulted in a unification treaty officially granting full sovereignty to Germany on October 3, 1990.
Speaker Naryshkin recommended that a committee consider Mr Ivanonv’s proposal before putting it to a vote.
* Associated Press
