Hundreds of emails and documents proving the work of Scholz's ally in the Kremlin under Angela Merkel have been published.
In the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, led by Social Democrat Manuela Schweiz, and where the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline begins, in 2021 a supposedly environmental fund was established, which was actually financed by Gazprom and which lobbied for Russian gas. monopolist. This was reported by the German edition of Welt and the British edition of The Times.
Thus, the media found that the fund, founded in 2021, was only formally fighting climate change. the company lobbied for the company at the federal and European levels.
According to the publication, this is important because it is in Mecklenburg, in the Lubmin community, that the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline begins, which Russia used as a tool of geopolitical blackmail and pressure on the European Union during Angela Merkel's rule.
However, according to Welt, so far both Merkel and Scholz, whose ally is Manuela Schwezig, have always denied their awareness or involvement in these events.
At the same time, The Times directly accuses Manuela Schwezig of “colluding with the Russians on the gas pipeline.”
“Germany's regional leader has conspired with Gazprom, Russia's state-owned energy company, to promote the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline before it was canceled, according to documents,” the newspaper said.
” 47-year-old Schweiz is accused of creating an environmental fund, which was secretly designed to lobby the Russian-backed gas pipeline, divert it from criticism and circumvent US sanctions, “- adds the publication.
The Times cites hundreds of emails and documents released under the Environmental Information Act, which show that Scholz's colleague worked very closely with Nord Stream 2 AG, the company behind the Nord Stream-2 pipeline project.
It will be recalled that in the period described by these publications, Merkel has developed considerable political activity in support of the Russian gas pipeline . Despite Ukraine's desperate attempts to draw attention to the dangers of this project, Merkel was the driving force behind the project's promotion on the international stage. She has also repeatedly made public contact with Putin on this issue .
Under Merkel, despite numerous statements about the need to preserve Ukraine's transit potential in the case of the completion of Nord Stream 2, the German government has prepared only options for compensation if our country loses transit .
It is significant that After the elections in Germany, both before the Bundestag and the Chancellor in the autumn of 2021, the country's position not only on Nord Stream 2, but also on dependence on Russia in energy supplies, immediately began to change significantly .
Moreover, it turned out that under Merkel, German refineries were in fact “occupied” by Russian business , which additionally cut off the country's path to independent energy decisions.
