The coming to power in Germany of a new coalition significantly complicated the commissioning of Nord Stream 2 and thereby helped Ukraine, writes The Hill.

The author of the article, Paul Gregory, notes that under the previous government, Berlin contributed to the construction of the gas pipeline: even US President Joe Biden could not resist the will of Angela Merkel and decided to abandon further sanctions against the project.

It was assumed that " However, the appointment of the leader of the Green Party and opponent of the Russian gas pipeline, Annalena Berbock, to the post of Foreign Minister significantly changed the state of affairs..

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In turn, the new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said earlier that a possible " According to Gregory, in this way the German coalition managed to " Summing up, the author of the article noted that Moscow will certainly continue to put pressure on Berlin by raising gas prices, but it is not yet known how the new German coalition will react to this..