Russia's Cold Warning to German Leaders over Nazism and Rearmament

Russia is a big country far away, and one of its most important leaders is a man named Sergey Lavrov.

He is in charge of Russia's relationships with other countries.

On Friday, he talked with reporters and had some strong things to say about Germany's leaders.

Many years ago, Germany fought in a very sad and terrible war called World War II.

The person who led that war was named Hitler, and his dangerous ideas were called Nazism.

Lavrov said he worries that ideas like Nazism are quietly becoming strong again inside Germany.

He was speaking about a German leader named Merz, who says he wants Germany to have the most powerful army in Europe again.

Lavrov warned Germany to remember what happened in World War II and not to make those same mistakes.

He said he is not sure Merz really understands what the word 'again' means.