Exclusive-Putin Envoy and Far-Right AfD Prepare Talks to Get Russian Gas Back for Germany, Sources Say
The talks would explore reopening Nord Stream and could include U.S. figures, as AfD seeks to bolster its foreign-policy credentials.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin's top economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and AfD co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla have begun preparations to meet next year to discuss restarting Russian gas supplies to Germany.
- AfD leaders hope the potential summit will demonstrate foreign policy competence and challenge government inaction on high energy prices, despite the party being blocked from power by mainstream coalition rivals.
- Organizers are considering Israel, the United Arab Emirates, or India as potential summit locations and hope US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will attend to examine reopening Russian Nord Stream pipelines.
- Green lawmaker Michael Kellner warned "Germany cannot become dependent on Russia again," while Christian Democrats parliamentarian Roderich Kiesewetter cautioned that reopening Nord Stream would isolate Germany and threaten European security.
- AmCham Russia welcomed the idea as "a positive and timely step," yet any effort to restart supplies faces fierce resistance in Germany and among its Eastern European allies.
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The main economic envoy of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and the leadership of the extreme right-wing German AfD party began preparations to meet next year and discuss the resumption of Russian gas supply to Germany, Europe's largest economy, said two people familiar with the plan.
The Russian envoy of Putin's dictator, Kirill Dmitriev, and the leaders of the far-right German Alternative for Germany (ADN) party are preparing negotiations on the resumption of Russian gas supplies to Germany, in particular on the possible resumption of operation of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
The German opposition "Alternative for Germany" (AdG) party plans to discuss with Moscow the resumption of power supplies and the possible launching of "North Flows" after reaching a peace agreement in Ukraine, writes Reuters. The leaders of the opposition party "Alternative for Germany" intend to meet with the Special Representative of Russian President Cyril Dmitriyev in early 2027, reports Reuters.The main theme of the discussion will be the …
Exclusive-Putin envoy and far-right AfD prepare talks to get Russian gas back for Germany, sources say
By John O'Donnell BERLIN, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's top economic envoy and Germany's far-right AfD leadership have begun preparations to meet next year to discuss restarting gas supplies to Europe's biggest economy, two peo...
Any meeting would be symbolic, given that the AfD is not part of the government The post Moscow and AfD prepare talks on the resumption of German supplies of Russian natural gas appeared first on in.gr.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's special economic envoy and the leadership of Germany's far-right AfD party have begun preparations for a meeting next year aimed at restoring gas supplies to Germany, two sources familiar with the plan told Reuters.
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