By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-25 12:12:15 | Updated at 2024-11-26 19:43:34
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Angela Merkel defends ties with Russia and blocking Ukraine from Nato
BBC ^ | Nov 25, 2024 | Katya Adler
Posted on 11/25/2024 3:25:57 AM PST by McGruff
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC the gas deals she made with Russia were intended to help German firms and kept the peace with Moscow.
She also insisted the war with Ukraine would have started earlier if she hadn’t blocked Kyiv’s entry into Nato in 2008.
"We would have seen military conflict even earlier. It was completely clear to me that President Putin would not have stood idly by and watched Ukraine join Nato.
In a rare interview since she stepped down from politics three years ago, Mrs Merkel expresses concern about Vladimir Putin’s renewed threats of using nuclear weapons.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Russia
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1 posted on 11/25/2024 3:25:57 AM PST by McGruff
To: McGruff
Merkel, Biden, Burisma and the Nordstream $$ and ideogical connection...
They invited Russia in Ukraine like for Afghanistan and then are scrambling around to turn ship around somehow, washing hands Ponce Pilates style.
2 posted on 11/25/2024 3:28:52 AM PST by lavaroise
To: McGruff
Ukraine shouldn’t be in NATO.
3 posted on 11/25/2024 3:36:08 AM PST by Dave911
To: McGruff
Lets be honest here....these cheap Russian natural gas deals....were done in the 1970s...30 years prior to Merkel arriving.
Merkel simply added taxes here and there...to capture corners of the profitability of the German companies in this advantage.
4 posted on 11/25/2024 3:42:17 AM PST by pepsionice
To: pepsionice
Merkel is a hard core socialist.
She did a good job trying to destroy Germany
I have no time for what ever she has to say.
5 posted on 11/25/2024 3:46:23 AM PST by riverrunner
To: pepsionice
Merkel built Nord Stream 2.
6 posted on 11/25/2024 3:57:17 AM PST by Krosan
To: McGruff
It's no surprise that Norway was a collaborator in the Nordstream bombings. According to the Hersh article, US navy divers planted the explosives and fuzes on the two pipelines and a few days later, Norwegian naval planes remotely detonated the explosives.
Europe's messy Russian gas divorce
"Germany has largely swapped dependence on Russia for dependence on Norway for its pipeline gas supply. In December 2023, SEFE (Securing Energy for Europe) signed a new $55 billion long-term contract with the Norwegian producer Equinor."
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/europes-messy-russian-gas-divorce/
To: Krosan
Gazprom built Nord Stream...anticipating more natural gas usage/profits. If the war hadn’t come along...their profits would be there now, and the German recession would have been avoided. They all guessed wrong.
8 posted on 11/25/2024 4:00:59 AM PST by pepsionice
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