Exclusive-Putin envoy and far-right AfD prepare talks to get Russian gas back for Germany, sources say
- Russian President Vladimir Putin's top economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and AfD co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla plan to meet next year to discuss restarting Russian gas supplies to Germany, according to two people familiar with the preparations.
- AfD leaders hope the potential summit will demonstrate foreign policy competence and challenge government inaction on high energy prices, positioning the party to influence energy policy despite being blocked from power.
- Potential summit locations include Israel, the United Arab Emirates, or India, with organizers hoping to involve US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to examine reopening Russian Nord Stream gas 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.
- The American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow welcomed the idea as "a positive and timely step," yet any effort to restart Russian gas supplies faces fierce resistance in Germany and among its allies.
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Putin economic adviser, AfD leadership prepare meeting on resuming gas supplies – media
Representatives from Moscow and the leadership of the German far-right party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) are preparing a meeting for 2027, during which they plan to discuss the resumption of Russian gas supplies to Germany, Reuters reports, citing two sources familiar with the plan.
Kirill Dmitriev, the chief economic envoy of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and the leadership of the German party of the extreme right "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) began preparations for a meeting to be held next year, with a view to...
The AfD leadership is to plan a meeting with an economic advisor of Russian President Vladimir Putin – in the spring of 2027. Two insiders have now announced this. According to this, it is to be about the resumption of Russian gas deliveries to Germany.
Kremlin special envoy Kirill Dmitriev and the leadership of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are set to hold a meeting as early as March to discuss a possible resumption of Russian gas supplies to the European Union (EU) country.
Kremlin special envoy Kirill Dmitriev and the leadership of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are set to hold a meeting as early as March to discuss a possible resumption of Russian gas supplies to the European Union (EU) country.
Reports of a possible meeting of the AfD tops with a Putin confidant provide sharp criticism in Berlin. The talks are about a resumption of Russian gas supplies. Greens and CDU warn of new dependence on Moscow.
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