>The German government called on Moscow on Monday to cease "illegal cyber activities" immediately
Why do they do this? I imagine Putin crying with laughter. It's just pathetic.
Why do they do this? I imagine Putin crying with laughter. It's just pathetic.
They themselves sabotaged North Sea gas projects, and drilling for gas elsewhere in Europe, as well as Qatari gas offers.
Remaining beholden to Russian natural gas takes a lot of effort on their side.
And they are drawing "a picture of the crisis," where there is none.
Germans kept blocking gas from Netherlands, yet doing everything to keep buying it from Lootin.
They actually even sued Poland recently for them booting Russians from their pipeline: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-court-rejects-ger...
If Germany was really afraid of Russia, they wouldn't be gutting their military or would've made bigger rumblings when the US began downsizing its presence in the mid 2000s.
This is all a ploy on Russophobia -- particularly since every right winger is thought to be directionally Putin-like and this year is an election year with the AfD appearing to be ascendant.
There is also hardly anyone doubting that Russia would conduct such an operation. It's their modus operandi. Sympathy towards Russia also does not really rely upon sympathy towards the current government but on historical links.
Or people don't really like them.
Not taking sides, offering perspective I rarely see mentioned.