Alexey Pushkov. Archival photoMOSCOW, 24 Apr. Germany has chosen a strategic course to curtail relations with Russia, Senator Alexei Pushkov expressed this opinion. «The course to curtail relations with Russia is not a temporary course, but a strategic one for Germany,» he wrote in his Telegram channel. src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/bf24c1f8af8972dbc1655161d022b34b.jpg» />The Telegraph: Germany may break up the alliance of Western countries against RussiaAccording to the senator, maintaining a minimal dialogue with Moscow, as well as continuing energy purchases from Russia, do not contradict this “strategic gap.” “This is the new reality. Pushkov's opinion. Earlier, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that by the summer of 2024 Germany would be «largely» independent of Russian gas, dependence on coal and oil from Russia would be significantly reduced by the summer of this year. In turn, Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock argued that European countries should build security not «with Russia, but from Russia.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In response, Western countries announced large-scale sanctions against Moscow, primarily in the banking sector and supply of high-tech products. The authorities of a number of countries have announced their intention to abandon Russian energy resources. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war like no other. The authorities stressed their readiness for such a development of events and assured that they would continue to fulfill their social obligations.
