Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by zx85wes on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:33AM (#30427701)

The SPD has always been on the moderate side when it comes to Russia. His Green coalition partners are NATO hawks though.

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by chess_buster on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:57AM (#30427931)

They really are not. Instead, they were friends with the human rights movement and anti-stalinist organisations in Russia (e.g. Мемориал), which got gutted by Putin. So naturally they are not happy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_(society)

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by darebak on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:58AM (#30427949)

>His Green coalition partners are NATO hawks though.

What's their reasoning?

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by stjohnswarts on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @02:44PM (#30432644)

I would guess because Russia has shown itself to be a bad actor over and over? They kill/imprison people just for being gay. Imagine what they do to dissidents and those who don't "go with the Russian flow". Dealing with Russia of today is dealing with the devil.

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by darebak on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @02:54AM (#30438746)

This seems like a caricature and not at all honest.

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by CRConrad on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:26AM (#30439680)

Only if you have no fucking clue about anything.

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