"Of course, we welcome potential future hostages "

I agree with some of this, but back to the underlying point so we don't get too distracted: they cannot just leave the position for German defence minister open.......

I get your point, and your point is valid. But consider both sides of it: unqualified bro gets promoted because friends - bad, also unqualified female gets promoted because quota - also bad.

And you're kinda proving my point - let's pick our surgeons based on merit, not quotas. Same for defense minister.

question to the reddit russian community: are there any LGBT Russians that support the regime? If just this community alone formed a resistance... it could change the tide