As we all know, since the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, due to the continuous escalation of sanctions on Russia by EU , this move not only led to the further deterioration of Russia-EU relations, but also affected by the backlash of sanctions, many European countries, including Germany and France, have fallen into a serious energy crisis. Seeing that the weather in Europe is about to turn colder, Europeans can finally no longer sit still. According to CCTV News, on September 25, local time, a demonstration broke out in the northern German city of Lubmin. Thousands of people took to the streets to demand that the German federal government quickly activate the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline and end energy sanctions on Russia.
According to information disclosed by local police, a total of about 3,500 people from all over the country gathered in the city of Lubming, the end of the natural gas pipeline of " Nord Stream-2" to protest the federal government's energy policy. In addition to asking the government to open up the Nord Stream-2 project, the protesters also asked the German government to immediately end energy sanctions on Russia. It is reported that this is not the first time that protests have broken out in Lubming City. Earlier this month, about 1,800 people participated in a parade with similar themes.
It is reported that the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline has been officially completed in September 2021. According to the original plan, the natural gas pipeline should be officially put into use by the end of 2021. However, under pressure from the United States, German Chancellor Scholz , suspended the Nord Stream-2 activation agreement after taking office. At present, Russia only has the only pipeline "North Stream-1" left to transport gas to Europe. However, earlier this month, Gazpromium Corporation (Gasoline) said that due to multiple equipment failures, the " Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline will completely stop gas transmission until the fault is solved. As Russia suspends gas transmission, Europe has fallen into panic. Recently, protests broke out in many countries including France, Czech , Austria . Protesters generally demand that the government lift sanctions on Russia to reduce energy prices.
Due to the cut off supply of Russian natural gas, the European energy crisis has become increasingly serious. In recent days, Scholz has asked for help everywhere, but he has received very few responses. In desperation, the German government decided on the 21st to nationalize the country's largest Russian natural gas importer Uniper. However, Reuters reported that due to the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Uniper is currently not making enough money, so the German government must pay a greater price to save Uniper.
It is worth mentioning that perhaps because of the protests over the past few days and the impact of the energy crisis, the German government's confidence in aiding Ukraine has greatly reduced. According to Russian Satellite News Agency, Scholz was interviewed by the New York Times on the 25th. When asked why Germany refused to provide main battle tanks to Ukraine, Scholz first emphasized that Berlin is not going to deliver tank to Kiev . Then Scholz said, "We have always supported Ukraine. The boundary is to avoid the situation deteriorating to a war between Russia and NATO , because it will be a disaster." Scholz added that Germany has been helping Ukraine with other countries, but will not act alone. Previously, Ukraine had repeatedly urged Germany to provide "Minky" infantry combat vehicles and "Leopard" main battle tanks.
At present, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still continuing. On the 24th local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky spoke to citizens of Ukrainian neighbors in Russian. In response to the measures introduced by Russian President Putin on the same day to strengthen the punishment of deserters, Zelensky called on Russian soldiers to lay down their weapons. He also "makes three major promises" to the Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukraine: First, they will be treated civilized according to all conventions; second, they will not disclose information about personal surrender to Russia, and third, if the surrenderers are afraid of returning to Russia and do not want to be exchanged by themselves, Ukraine will find a way.
