Germany’s position regarding last year’s sabotage attempt on the Nord Stream gas pipelines was justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin by the fact that Germany has never been really independent since World War Two.
“Germany has never been a genuinely sovereign state since the Second World War, as even European politicians have often admitted in public. That wasn’t spoken by me, but it was by at least one renowned and esteemed German politician. I can only concur with that “According to the Russian president, in an interview that aired on Rossiya-1.
The declaration was made in response to the question of why, given the significance of the Nord Stream project for the German economy and energy security, Berlin stayed silent and inactive regarding the sabotage.
In a statement, Putin highlighted that the Soviet Union “withdrew its forces and ceased its de-facto control of the country” at a certain point. “But, the Americans did not, as we all know. They are still occupying Germany “Added he.
On September 26, 2022, Nord Stream AG stated that three strings of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipelines had sustained unprecedented damage the previous day. Swedish seismologists noted two explosions on the pipeline routes on September 26, 2022. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office then started a criminal investigation based on allegations of global terrorism.
