There's a difference between a "satellite" and a "puppet state", the latter being nothing but a mouthpiece for the foreign government. It was true that Soviet influence was great but the Kremlin didn't dictate most DDR government actions beyond the continually increasing reparations demands and the alignment of the SED goals with those of the Communist Party in Mother Russia.^

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OMG WE'RE FUCKED! -- duxup ?
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