Vladimir Putin stated that the response Germany to the explosion in the North Sea pipelines shows that the country is still “busy“and that it is unable to act independently even decades after its surrender at the end of World War II.
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Putin, interviewed by the russian televisionHe also said that European politicians had been intimidated into losing their sense of sovereignty and independence.
Western countries, including Germany, have reacted cautiously to investigations into the explosions that hit Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, saying they believe they were a deliberate act, but declining to say who they believe was responsible.
The point is that European politicians have said publicly that, after World War II, Germany was never a fully sovereign state,” Putin told state-run Rossiya-1 television, according to Russian news agencies.
The Soviet Union at one point withdrew its forces and ended what amounted to an occupation of the country. But that, as is well known, was not the case with the Americans. They continue to occupy Germany.”
Putin told the interviewer that the explosions had occurred at “state level” and dismissed as “utter nonsense” suggestions that an autonomous pro-Ukrainian group was responsible.
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The pipelines were meant to bring Russian gas to Germany, though since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago Berlin has taken steps to reduce its reliance on Russian hydrocarbons.
With information from AFP
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