“All these political statements by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz to abandon imports of Russian gas by the end of 2023 show that the German elite unquestionably follows the instructions of the United States,” the diplomat said, as quoted by the TASS news agency.

Tiapkin stressed that this is in line with Washington’s order to displace Russia from the European energy market, something that began to be implemented during the government of Angela Merkel.

The Russian official pointed out that it is enough to review the actions of Scholz’s cabinet in this regard, such as the prohibition on the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the pressure on the subsidiary structures of the Gazprom company, and later its expropriation.

One can also mention can also be made of the de facto nationalization of the assets of the Rosneft oil company, the inaction of Berlin in the face of the blockade of the transit of Russian gas by Poland and Ukraine, and the restrictions on the maintenance of the equipment of the Nord Stream pipeline.

Despite all this, Russia has been declared an unreliable supplier and has been accused of breaching contracts, he denounced.

Germany is experiencing an economic crisis due to the increase in gas and electricity due, in part, to the sanctions imposed on Russian gas by the European Union itself.

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