BERLIN, January 10. /TASS/. Germany becomes less protected and respected country because of the Ukrainian conflict, which makes it the most lost side of the conflict with Russia besides Ukraine, says Gabor Steingart, German media manager, winner of the Helmut Schmidt Prize and the former editor-in-chief of the Handelsblatt.

In his op-ed for the Focus, he states that it has become clear already that Germany will be "the most lost" side in the conflict besides Ukraine.

"Our country loses security, prosperity and reputation as a result of this military strike exchange," the reporter believes.

In particular, Germany "has lost is eastern European home front," presented by Russia, who used to have trade volume of over 80 billion euros with Germany before the beginning of the conflict. According to Steingart, the strengthening of relations between Russia and China "does not bode well for the German export industry."

The expert notes that the US protection that Germany enjoyed for the entire post-war history is getting weaker.

"Germany must get used to a live that will always take place next to Russia, without the American caretaker," Steingart says.

In this regard, he calls on German authorities to reconsider the German foreign policy by including a diplomatic component there.

On December 4, Russian Ambassador to Berlin Sergey Nechayev said in an interview for the Berliner Telegraph, that the Germany business would like to restore economic ties with Russia, while ordinary Germans advocate normalization of bilateral relations. He also pointed out that Russia "still has many friends" in Germany, which is justified by the fact that Russia "did no evil" to Germany. The diplomat noted that the two countries are united by a "long joint path," which the current elites pointlessly "try to erase from the memory of the people, including via the spread of rampant Russophobia in the media."