Raw materials and, above all, relatively cheap Russian energy are the necessary prerequisites for the existence of a competitive German industry that we cannot do without, said Wagenknecht, quoted by the dpa.
The economic war is ruining Germany, the former Left Party leader said, while doing little harm to Russian President Vladimir Putin and not stopping the deaths of people in Ukraine, a country she cannot defeat militarily, she assured Russia.
That’s why you have to negotiate and make compromises, explained Wagenknech, supporting the Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer, who had previously called on the government to play a mediating role in the Ukraine conflict.
Another German member of the Bundestag, Tino Khrupalla, leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag, also agreed with the Saxon prime minister and called for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict.
Otherwise the sanctions regime with its catastrophic consequences for our prosperity will never end, he concluded.
On February 24, the Russian President announced a special military operation in response to a request for help from the leaders of the Donbass republics.
After that, Western countries imposed large-scale sanctions on Russia and increased shipments of arms and military equipment to Kyiv by billions of dollars.
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