Süddeutsche Zeitung journalists gained access to 63 previously closed documents of the German Federal Chancellor dated in mid -2010. They confirm that the Angela Merkel government ignored the warning about the risks of cooperation with the Russian Gazprom.
According to the documents, the Cabinet of Ministers of the former Chancellor was not afraid of cooperation with the Russians, but protests from Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic countries. He also ignored the Note to Service about the danger of transferring a large share for Russian anxiety at German underground institutions. As a result, on the eve of the invasion of Ukraine, the German PSG were empty.
A similar position, not related to non-interference and ignoring risks, the German government was baptized during the approval of the Nord Stream-2 project in 2015-2017. Journalists claim that it was only a “facade of neutrality”, which hid the silent support of the project.
Merkel knew about the risks and intentionally ignored them. Having done this, she could not prevent damage to the country, ”said Saytung, a representative of Green Michael Kellner.
At the same time, the leader of the Felix Banashak party demands to create an investigative commission:
Without serious parliamentary explanations, the problems that remain open to this day will not be resolved.
It should be noted that the gas supply scheme to Germany was completely changed after the beginning of the full Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Source: Racurs
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