German FM: Europe won’t lift sanctions in exchange for Russian gas

The crisis situation with gas supplies won’t become a reason for easing sanctions pressure on Russia, German Foreign Minister Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock said, Report informs.

In her opinion, the suspension of Russian gas supplies via Nord Stream is blackmail, to which the Russian side resorts to lift sanctions.

“Now... they oppose our sanctions in general, which allegedly prevent further gas supplies... we must make it clear that we will not succumb," she said.

In her opinion, Russia poses a threat to Germany’s energy security, which can be eliminated only through complete liberation from dependence on fossil energy.