Wolfgang Ischinger, president of the Munich Security Conference Foundation and former German ambassador to the United States, says there are approximately 6,000 German companies doing business in Russia, and it’s “not nothing to totally change course.”
How convenient trying to blame Russia and her president for this current mess the EU (more specifically Germany) coerced by US finds themselves in. Russia is still honoring their side of the contract/deal to supply oil. They have not shut your supply lines off, it is your governments that has cut off Russia from all methods of payments (barring a few banks to keep the ongoing payments for current supplies). The hypocrisy is astounding.
If you’ll poke a bear in the eye long enough, eventually he’ll use Germany’s reliance on energy as a weapon. Russia has been under sanctions for years. Do you consider such a policy a friendly move, or is it closer to a trade war in your book ?
@Leo A i played the revers uno card of sarcastic metaphors.
@x3nium Oooh, please don’t be so subtle next time =)
Why should we be friendly towards Russia after it butchered Georgia and Ukraine?
Don’t be friends Russia. But don’t blame them
US deliberately intervened in Ukraine precisely to break Russia from Europe.
You should have kept your effort in keeping ties with Russia in not following US fight gainst Russia. Everybody talking about the present but all seem to forget this happenned because NATO and US just wanted to used Ukrain against Russia
Sholtz is so incompetent.
Absolutely wrong. This has nothing to do with NATO and US. Just try reading what you just wrote and not vomit.
@Rokas Gecevičius of course NATO and USA is the culprit behind all this politically you can’t see it because u lock vision
All this happened because Putin wants to invade Ukraine, period. He alone is responsible for it.
It’s like saying Hitler was not to blame for the war he started.
@inoToni You can move Russia out of Europe? or you can move Germany into Pacific?
Oh, Pope Merkel did something bad? Wuuuuuuuuttt???
Paying for Merkel’s sins.
You excluded Russia 🇷🇺 from Europe,
And Russia has every right to defend its interest,
Russia is a gas station run by mafia pretending to be a country.
To the west Russia is not a part of Europe
Russia’s genocides against Chechens, Georgians and Ukrainians surely has nothing to do with it…
Nahh Putin never wanted to kill corruption in Russia and became the biggest oligarch mafia man himself. He never truly intended to establish democracy in Russia so the only mistake the West has made is to believe they can make business with a regime who do not share core democratic values.
@Rokas Gecevičius But what is Saudi Arabia? Two weeks ago, 81 people were beheaded, but that’s okay, American partners.
This is Western hypocrisy, now you are sanctioning Russia and going to Venezuela or Iran to lift the sanctions that you need oil. Who did the American commission in Venezuela discuss with? With President Nicolas Maduro, El Presidente.
Wasn’t Juan Guaido the president, as the Americans claimed? That’s why Venezuela’s gold was blocked in London, as Maduro was the illegitimate president. Oh, how much Biden has to suck for oil now.
What a futile busnise.
Good economic relation of Germany with Russia was German joker.
Russia is excellent market for Germa goods and excellent suplier of cheap commodity.
Why was needed to destroy this in sake of some idealistic policy? While same issues with other countries are skipped regulary with some “protest” here Germany almost join hot war. Why?
Because US will benefit from it, selling LNG and F35 to Germany.
@ History of the heist of millenniums or how to kill two birds with one stone.
Under the eyes of the whole world, the demoNcrats have put a dossier together accusing Donald Trump of using Russian influence for illegal Political gain. This multi million dollar affair distracted everyone away from the fact that this added to global propaganda downgrading Putin and Russia.
Chaos being the base of actions aiming at control by the neo Marxists, it became a tremendous opportunity when Putin did fall into a trap and attacked Ukraine: their aggressive attitude was not aiming at a solution to the conflict, on the contrary. We can describe this as the heist of the century since the moves involve billions of dollars going towards manufacturing more weapons of mass destruction, weakening a country described as evil, rebuilding the image and finance of outdated NAT0, and opening the doors to major repairs in a country devastated by war. This is the cherry on the top of the cake, the achievement after decades of efforts at dismantling the World and Universal Order.
How to do business when you are not friends……Russia and not the USA should be a friend in business
They want free gas
Germany fell into the US ‘s trap
Not even a trap…German just follow the US sign board.without question.
At this point, I’m afraid to say that 9/11 could be an inside job. They needed this incident to unite American society and get votes. If Bush had known it, he would have even let it happen… EU and America have been divided. Nothing is better than using some pawn to stir things up and get EU/America united again…
Most German can even understand why Russia is the enemy..
@HENG-HING Lim Most Germans think that 7 Billion people are just there for their needs and they are humans while everyone else is not and dont have any rights. Its time to shatter their genocidal mindset.
Correct
This man is clearly lying! The Ukrainian government refused to implement the Minsk II agreement and France and Germany stood there doing nothing. R
Russia did several attemps to integrate in Europe but the door was slammed several times in their face!!!
The grudge run deep within the European and US. When USSR collapse, instead of embracing into Europe, they just watch and smile and waiting for the destruction of Russia. The hate run so deep that no matter what russians do to pleased their western counterpart will never be enough. Therefore they must be independent and stand strong endure any hardship fall upon them. Putin give them hope, and bring russian people out of misery, in the eyes of most russian people, he is a messiah, that rescue Russia from the brink of destruction. It does not matter how good western propaganda to destroy putin image and credibility, most Russia will not believe it. Asked any russian people how the life before Putin lead the country and how they live right now. Putin come from poor family, he is not an elite. Therefore he care so much about poor people, you can see how he liked to visit small and remote village, and city to check his people welfare and how development reach remote places. Because of his action he has a place in small people heart. So good luck to anybody to try to bring down Putin from within. He is smart and intelligent, strong and decisive, has the support from the people, never step back for any bullying attemp from the west. Even a lot of international communities who despise double standards and hypocrisy of western foreign policies, admire and love him. As a country leader, I would say he is one of the best, who always thinks his people and country’s first. I could understand why he would do an iron clad rule to anybody who try to attempt any disturbance and peace inside Russia. No body want to bring Russia back to the 90s, when Russia were hopless and waiting for destruction. A leader should do whatever it take to maintain the integrity of his country from domestic and foreign treat. Even in the US they will do the same.
@Nat Birchall Russia is European. US is not..you need to look on a map
@Nat Birchall think you’ll find it is
@Wayne Patterson not anymore
@Nat Birchall why who said I thought it was half Europe an Asia
Russia has always kept delivering gas and is still doing that untill this very moment…demanding payment in rubble’s is fully underdtandable!!
@HENG-HING Lim Russia “warned NATO and Zelensky”? What does that mean? Ukraine is a sovereign country. If it wants to join NATO, then that is Ukraine’s decision. Russia can not impose its wishes on them. They did not heed, and they should not heed.
Before agreeing to give up this nuclear arsenal, Kyiv sought three assurances. First, it wanted compensation for the value of the highly-enriched uranium in the nuclear warheads, which could be blended down for use as fuel for nuclear reactors. Russia agreed to provide that.
Second, eliminating ICBMs, ICBM silos, and bombers did not come cheaply. With its economy rapidly contracting, the Ukrainian government could not afford the costs. The United States agreed to cover those costs with Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction assistance.
Third, Ukraine wanted guarantees or assurances of its security once it got rid of nuclear arms. The Budapest Memorandum provided security assurances.
Unfortunately, Russia has broken virtually all the commitments it undertook in that document. It used military force to seize, and then illegally annex, Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in early 2014. Russian and Russian proxy forces have waged war for more than five years in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, claiming more than 13,000 lives and driving some two million people from their homes.
Sanctions are a response to aggression, they are not war. How difficult is it to understand that? Russia is the aggressor. Russia is the invader. Russia is committing heinous crimes all over Ukraine lying about them being nazis…these are outrageous and blatant lies.
As far as Israel taking land from the Palestinians, YES, I have objections. Israel is wrong and I do not support that. We should NEVER agree to any country invading and taking land from another, whether it is Russia invading Ukraine or Israel taking land from the Palestinians.
I don’t fall for Israel’s propaganda.
@Science Lad zelensky may want to but Nato and the West can categorically say no. Because the Western leaders promise Gorbechov not an inch east ward
@Science Lad let me summarise it again. If your neighbour promised not to keep dogs in his house. Yet renegade on that promise and it is a major concern to you . Despite repeated warning, you ignore it, he has the right to attack it.
Altough it may seems like your right to kill the fierce dog. He has the right because you made the recoded promise.
@Science Lad seem like the imability to gather counterarguments has overwhelm you. Change of mindset is necessary. Stop warmongering . USA and NATO is evil. ..
@HENG-HING Lim Russia invades Ukraine and kills thousands of innocent people, including women and children, they bomb cities to rubble, they attack hospitals and maternities, they displace over 10 million innocent civilians, and they destroy infrastructures, they commit war crimes…and Nato and the U.S. are evil?
Merkel moved away from nuclear energy to appease the ideology of the Greens. What foolishness!
Becoming tied to the Russians was the result. And now Germany must pay the price.
Cínicos! Simples assim!
History of the heist of millenniums or how to kill two birds with one stone.
Under the eyes of the whole world, the demoNcrats have put a dossier together accusing Donald Trump of using Russian influence for illegal Political gain. This multi million dollar affair distracted everyone away from the fact that this added to global propaganda downgrading Putin and Russia.
Chaos being the base of actions aiming at control by the neo Marxists, it became a tremendous opportunity when Putin did fall into a trap and attacked Ukraine: their aggressive attitude was not aiming at a solution to the conflict, on the contrary. We can describe this as the heist of the century since the moves involve billions of dollars going towards manufacturing more weapons of mass destruction, weakening a country described as evil, rebuilding the image and finance of outdated NAT0, and opening the doors to major repairs in a country devastated by war. This is the cherry on the top of the cake, the achievement after decades of efforts at dismantling the World and Universal Order.
Russia never say they want to shutdown supply to Germany. They want to fulfill the contract. U listen to US and stop it yourself. Who attack Russia in history? Who break the Nato agreement with Russia
Europe and US has always have utter disdain for Russia……so ..this is where we are.
@Alex W Because Russia is a hard nut to crack. We all have histories and past. How we move on so that we have a peaceful and stable world to the benefit of everyone is an art.
@Alex W Talking about history? Why not check American history of expansionism?
@Dreadful bodyguard I’m very familiar with it. Which analogous expansion are you referring to?
@Alex W Hmm US expansion to west, Monroe doctrine, war with mexico, taking Guam, regime changes worldwide, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan. Need more examples of US expansionism history?
@Dreadful bodyguard 1. Expansion west was largely by acquisition and because no one was there 2. war with Mexico was initiated by a Mexican attack in a disputed area that belonged to no one (remember its not like the UN recognized countries in the 1840s); 3. Guam? Wow, a little smaller than Kiev; 4. There is a difference between overthrowing a regime (a/k/a “regime change” the current euphemism) and taking over a country the size of France+; so, so far your only “expansionism” is Guam, so Ill let you have it.
Merkel worked the situation with Russia as good as anyone could have done. With Merkel, Germany lead the EU along with France. Now, Germany gets in line with everyone else behind Biden and company.
Gerhard Schroeder needs to be put under investigation for corruption and treason….Throw his old, sold out ass in jail!
Germany was on the right path by increasing its business contacts with Russia. Countries that trade a lot with each other don’t attack each other. The US didn’t like the increasing contacts. The US was against Nordstream Two. So the US used Ukraine to provoke Russia into a conflict. And here we are, thousands of people are dead and the US forced the whole EU into a disastrous situation.
Hogwash….The Russians have not use gmGas as a weapon… they are still pumping the Gas.
We sanctioned them then blamed them for b our shortcomings.
The real US enemy is Germany?
Generally for the current European system, yes.
Nonsense, Gemany were having greater future in Europe with NORTH STREAM 2.
But USA were the problem is it right✔️
Now Germany is depending on senile Biden and having dark future🔮.
It’s your choice and take consequences now…
Don’t worry, Russia will accelerate the process for you buy cutting off the supply come next week.
It’s hard to break up with an abusive lover.
West are the abusive one. USD and Euro has no value for Russia so their demand is right pay in Ruble. Germany want gas free, nothing is free in this world. And for Ukrine you betrayed your ex-husband Russia now your current husband US has betrayed you. So crying now is useless. Your current husband USA just using you against Russia.
Who abused who first? !!
People tend to ignore the fact that sanctions are an abuse of power, especially the illegal sort, which the west have been using as a direct economic warfare siege, yet condemn Russia for using power as a pressure card. What a time to be alive in!
If you want to kill Russia by sanctions, Russia will fight back, gas is only the beginning.
Germany id dead without cheap gas from russia… this guy is a fool
Russia needs to cut Germany off today!
ww2 was not that long ago!!!
they cant be trusted… their history is brutal and they never apologized!
frankly Germany should never have been allowed to be part of the world ever again…
but they were allowed back right after ww2…
NATO and USA trying to forget HITLER and GERMANY… and BLAME PUTIN… LOL LOL
what a joke…
Angela Merkel did nothing to implement the Minsk Agreement after getting the Ukraine President to sign.
it is Merkel who persuaded Russia to build NS2.
If she is the Chancellor this war will not take place.
USA wanted to end NS2 hook or by crook. Used Ukraine as the pawn and not Ukraine is suffering for believing usa. USA will profit from selling LNG at much higher price instead of cheaper Russian pipeline gas.
also USA really wanted to destroy russia….for its own national security interest…its war machine and to maintain unipolar world.
There is no morality in this whole matter.
This journalist always talks from emotions rather then facts. I have observed everytime she interviews someone. CNBC needs to sort out their journalists.
Was thinking the same. She is awful. Who is she? She’s a walking advertisement against female equality.
Pro tips : dont listen to her interview, just watch her s3xiness on screen 👍
I remember an interview she conducted with Putin. OMG, only vintage Putin gave her back.. I remember he said ‘you look good’ ……. (something like you look good but you don’t have much up there).
@widayanto setio Thanks for the tip. And of course turn down the sound when her truck driver voice and vapidity are in play
Germany’s economic growth was fueled by Russian energy. The only successful economy in Europe. You cannot have it both ways
So german is wrong to serve its people the best way as possible?
I noticed that Angela Merkel is very quiet right now.
She is not in power anymore (as i know)
This woman not even ashamed for her questions 🤣😂😅 she keeps getting bombed but she can’t open her eyes and see the truth
It’s like Lavrov said about Liz “talking to deaf”😂😂😂
This what happen when tv station hired for look instead of brain. Boring.
Lol u kick Russia on swift now Russia kick your balls on rubles
America want that piece of pie for Europe energy. That’s it. End of story.
Piece ? It’s the whole pie 👍
Ay ay ay look at his face and how sad and scared he is that ‘Operation Übernahme’ have failed. Germany invested so much in this war and Putins military. And now gypsy farmers are selling that Equipment. 😀
More like years for Germany to even wean off of Russia….atleast 5 and that is me being optimistic…..till then atleast Germany is f*cked….and other eastern European countries like Hungary and others have said they won’t get rid of Russia so they have not even started taking any steps towards that so EU as an institution is f*cked !!!!!
Blame Angela. Hahahaha. Angela wants to draw Russia into Europe but other powers want Europe to reject Russia. Question here: Is Russia going to disappear overnight when Europe rejects Russia? What will an angry Russia do? Many have forgotten how WW1 and WW2 started. It started with unresolved grievances and mistrust.
Can’t understand why they can’t have relations with Russia. Why must they gang up against Russia?
I notice this host runs around proclaiming Russia is evil. There is no interest to listen the other story. It is ‘with us or against us’ atypical American attitude.
Us idea of insecurity had created war, Ukrainian president drama , putin 🤔
NATO, S bombing of SERBIA no one of these EU TOOLS ever mention the BOMBING of Serbia like it never happened
The problem isn’t that Europe “handed” its security to Russia, it’s that they follow whatever the US government tells them to do without questioning if it actually benefits them. The US told them to sanction they must buy shitty liquified gas from the states at a mark up and ditch their multi-billion Euro project, they did it. The US wanted to expand NATO right towards Russia’s border, they agreed to it. See the pattern? None of this would have happened if the idiots in the US government agreed to stop stirring up shit abroad in order to justify their failing economic policy, which is just debt at this point. I’m sorry my American friends but your government has fucked up properly this time and you actually going to feel this one right at home.
He forgot NATO’s involvement in Kosovo and Serbia. Let alone NATO’s sortie into Afghanistan. Bombing Belgrade!!
Not Vladimir putin, call president Vladimir putin
Vladolf Pootler!
@Dieter Dödel 😂😂😂
Brain dead…blame Merkel?…The one who supply you gas and oil you want to bite it off….western intelligence…how can the west and east reconcile..
Hey Hey hey!!! yooooo hoooooo!!!! 31st …. yeap…31st.. that’s the date…lol.. gas ? oil ? coal ? pay in Rouble… otherwise…. hahahaha….
Is this guy smoking something
Russia can do without Louis Vuitton, Nike, MasterCard and IKEA, EU cannot do without food, heat and energy – when the tide recedes it will be revealed who has been swimming naked.
So invasion of iraq, Syria,Serbia, Somalia,Yemen…. didn’t challenge international law?
Even today they are not using as weapon
They are supplying as promised
US and NATO admitted to the PROXY war. It started 8 years ago. Where were you you self inflicted actions. End sactions NOW. Nazis decapitated people thrown in mass Graves where were you
Russian did not weaponise their oil after all the sanction placed on them by the west. Their is nothing wrong in asking to be paid for oil supplied
The host is wrong, it is the white hair 78 years old Biden of his personal hate on the Russian President that cause the world to suffer because he himself fail to revive the US economy and domestic problem, instead he create havoc and war in Ukraine. So American will only focus on the war instead of the American economy and inflation.
Markel sold Germany to Putin in the amount of 30 PCs of silver, Markel and Putin maybe they have something together
Markets, pricing products & demand are as synergized as breathing is in humans being. Political interference will definitely affect the lifeline of most countries.
For close to 20 yrs Putin has consistently said no NATO or NATO assets on Russian border. Russia was denied the chance to join NATO & EU. Ukraine joining NATO=CUBA CRISIS. UNACCEPTABLE TO EITHER SUPER POWER.
Germany has become a Russia’s Trojan horse in Europe. Even they haven’t built single LNG terminal yet while closed nuclear power plants. Such a shame.
BY TESLA and BUY Solar
that is not cheap to most people. so be realistic.
This is the Americans playing with the world, they don’t like cheep Russian oil and gas and are hoping that Russia will collapse and they can rule the world 🤔🤔
that’s what happens when you put sactions on a country that supplies your gas. it’s your fault you have been hanging out with Brandon that senile old president.
Germany is an American client state. Is irrelevant to any geopolitical reality.
Russian trolls all up in here lol
I applaud Merkel for being lied to all the time and acting like she wasn’t ? Our German politicians this lost ?
The Ukraine conflict is a problem. But to call it “a fundamental challenge to the international order” is an exaggeration. Whatever was left of the “international order” was thrown into the bin with the Iraq invasion. Most of us living in Asia are much more concerned about getting back to business as normal post-COVID. No one here is interested in NATO vs Russia Part 2.
Okay. Do something about besides talk.
This conflicts has exposed the weakness of American Army to directly engage in fights with Russia be it in the middle East or in Europe. It has also shown Europe’s inability to take independent stand for their own people. Because cheap oil and gas is vital for the economic growth. Now they will beg oil and gas and a market share for their businesses from the US. Because geographically, economically, statistically, its best for Europe to buy Russian oil and gas. But no. They are stupid. They, the Europeans cut Russia from the swift, froze their accounts and now saying he is blackmailing for oil and gas. This is what happened in WW2, the battle happened in Europe. Everyone lost except the United States because they were protected by 2 oceans
This is it when we talk about exeptionisme,o I can confiscates your money, and goods and you are supposed to do nothing what a Joker
Is she is a journalist or a pimp ?!
The anchor seems like the mouth piece 9f american establishment. Cow shi+ was spewing out of her mouth the moment she opened it.
US imported 47% more oil from Russia this week.
Merkel was paid well by Russia
Yeah and scholz just put Germany dependent on US in Military, and Energy.
Next maybe Scholz will add the Economy too.
🤣🤣🤣
I don’t condone Russia’s action, but When you hurt someone then expect that they will double down on you. West has immoral governments leading this war into a third world war looks like. If you are willing to fight, fight directly in the conflict or else keep quite. Because of west’s behavior thousands of innocent people are getting killed in Ukraine. Without a dialogue between west and Russia this war is not going to end. So leaders from both sides should come to senses and resolve this issue.
Poor Germany owned by USA
He must not know that it was the US and the EU that sanctioned Russia. Meanwhile, Russia is still supplying Europe with gas and oil.