Readers of the German edition Spiegel criticized the statement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on sanctions against Russia if she uses Nord Stream-2 as a “political weapon”.
Many felt that Berlin did not owe Kiev anything in the situation with the gas pipeline.
“I don’t understand what the excitement is about. Thanks to Nord Stream-2, Gazprom is getting rid of transit fees, which should also have a positive effect on our heating costs. Due to the fact that Ukraine will miss a billion-dollar profit from fees? Thus, Gazprom is not responsible for the Ukrainian budget. Incidentally, in the past, Naftogaz illegally shut off the pipeline and redirected unpaid gas. Soon they will be deprived of such an opportunity”, said the user with the nickname Aleksandar.
The user BeckySharp wrote that for some time now she was terribly outraged by the servile attitude of the German government. As if with Nord Stream, “we have committed some kind of crime and now we have to apologize to everyone because of it and compensate someone for something.
“With all my desire, I cannot understand why Germany should be responsible for the Ukrainian budget. It is in Kiev that they should attend to the receipt of other income in the event of a decrease in transit fees”, asked PioNier.
Readers also summarized the following:
“Has everyone forgot why we started building Nord Stream-2? So that Ukraine can no longer blackmail us. She has threatened many times to cut off our gas if we do not give her even more money, although they themselves received gas there at ridiculous prices from Russia”.