Good old subtile racism at @ARD_Presse? Chief reporter at @ard_Warschau Jan @pallokat defends Russian myths on Crimea annexation. Confronted with my criticism, he starts to call me "Mr. Sergej". For me - a clear sign that my Eastern European heritage is stressed (cont.) 
In Ukrainian or in Polish one can politely address a person "Mr.+FirstName" (Pane Sergiju in Ukrainian for example) But using this form in another language to a German person would be a deliberate stressing of his/her ancestry. Note: he calls Putin "Mr. Putin", not "Mr. Vladimir"
In our previous discussion (in German) I have addressed him as "lieber Herr Pallokat" (dear Mr. Pallokat), what is the only polite way to address a person in German. I know this "Mr.+FirstName" practice of subtile racist attitude from many situation. A friend of mine told me...
she (a naturalised German) was the only person among many Germans, who was repeatedly addressed by a German ambassador (!) in the country of her deployment with "Ms.+FirstName". The ambassador continued to do so even after she has confronted him with the fact she was unhappy.
Effectively the ambassador targeted her linguistically as a "not a real German". I am afraid, in the case of Mr. Pallokat, who is stationed in Poland, worked from Ukraine before and is aware of this difference, this wording was a deliberate racist insult vs me, @ARD_Presse
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