Tino Khrupalla, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. File photoBERLIN, Aug 23 Germany is hurting itself much more with sanctions than Russia, Tino Krupalla, leader of the right-wing opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told reporters on Tuesday, explaining the AfD's demand to lift anti-Russian sanctions. «The fact that the war must end as soon as possible is a call I can make every day,» Krupalla said, responding to a remark by a German journalist that the AfD insists on gas supplies from Russia, but does not call on it to end the conflict in Ukraine. And, of course, it is necessary that negotiations take place as soon as possible, so that there is a diplomatic solution.But this will not happen through the confrontation that we are now seeing, in which we continue to escalate this war in order to supposedly harm Russia.We are hurting ourselves more than Russia. This is the current situation. And as a German politician, I am called upon to protect our citizens, our companies, and not Russian ones,» the party leader explained. Earlier, the AfD repeatedly called la lift anti-Russian sanctions, calling them absolutely counterproductive and stating that more and more German citizens are suffering from the economic war against Russia. German shares against high energy prices
