Giuseppe Sandro Mela.
2020-09-23.
L’occidente odia Mr Putin perché è un russo che fa gli interessi della sua Patria, e li fa anche molto bene.
Non sapendo competere politicamente, lo svillaneggia e lo denigra.
Poi, finisce sempre dentro il sacco.
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«Germany unable to reach agreement on sanctions against Russia»
«The German government wants to stand up to Moscow following the attempted murder of opposition activist Alexei Navalny. But suspending construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a step too far for many»
«It’s not easy to agitate Germany’s usually serene Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, but it happened last Wednesday afternoon.»
«The European Affairs Committee of the Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, was meeting to discuss the crisis in Belarus and what Germany’s stance should be toward Russia, given his protection of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Maas was fiercely attacked from several sides.»
«Furious, Maas blasted the Greens for their “smugness.”»
«How does Germany intend to position itself on Belarus and Russia? What might sanctions look like? And what is the future of the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project?»
«The only thing the government seems to agree on is that Germany needs to take a much harder line with Moscow»
«The composition of the poison is the most important indication for the German government that Russian President Vladimir Putin could be involved»
«The pilot’s rapid emergency landing in Omsk along with the antidote administered in the hospital saved his life.»
«In recent days, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ratcheted up her tone against Moscow»
«Would Berlin have to terminate the billion-euro Nord Stream 2 project shortly before its completion?»
«But they have very little support within their parties for taking such a step»
«Even before the heated debate in the European Affairs Committee, Maas found himself faced with significant pushback for his unwillingness to rule out a suspension of the pipeline. And the criticism came from his own party group in parliament»
«Although he is not opposed to sanctions as such, SPD party co-leader Norbert Walter-Borjans said he, too, is opposed to suspending construction on the pipeline»
«We cannot simply stand by and watch this blatant violation of human rights. We need to show a strong European response»
«It’s like a bridge with only the final stone missing. You don’t leave it in ruins just because you have problems with each other now»
«Germany, he said, obtains its energy almost exclusively from “countries that are not entirely kosher”»
«Within Chancellor Merkel’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), foreign policy pointman and candidate for party chair Norbert Röttgen has publicly called for the end of Nord Stream 2 …. no one voiced support for his position»
«Some 94 percent of the approximately 2,460-kilometer (1,529 mile) pipeline has already been completed and permits have been issued by all the countries whose waters it travels through»
«Should construction be stopped, the German government could face potentially expensive lawsuits»
«The demands could go even beyond that, however. Additional pipelines and compressor stations have already been built in Europe in anticipation of the new gas supplies»
«Merkel is pushing for the sanctions to come from the EU level, with the bloc having plenty of experience with the tool»
«EU sanctions programs are currently in place against 30 countries or against individuals from those countries. Between 1980 and 2014, 36 percent of all sanctions worldwide were imposed by the Europeans»
«With the exception of the United States, nobody has used sanctions as frequently as the EU»
«So far, though, there has been no ban on imports of Russian gas or oil. Given that this would increase prices for EU consumers, there would be little support for such measures within the EU. “An import stop for Russian gas would also hit Ukraine financially hard as a transit country,” Germany’s Economics Ministry has warned»
«However, neither officials in Berlin nor in Brussels are in agreement on how effective sanctions can be»
«German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier of the CDU said he knows of no case where sanctions “against states like Russia” have made a difference»
«considers punitive measures against autocracies to be less effective than they can be against democracies. In the worst-case scenario, they can even stabilize the regime. “The sanctions reinforce the national sentiment of the population, and the population shows solidarity with the ruling classes,”»
«The meeting began at 1 p.m., with an evening snack at 9:30 p.m. Diplomatic sources said the Navalny case cannot be allowed to derail the possible ceasefire.»