German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock ruled out easing sanctions against Russia. She stated this at a meeting with the residents of Bremen, according to Deutsche Welle..
According to her, easing sanctions would not ensure gas supplies from Russia and at the same time would make Germany “doubly open to blackmail”.
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However, half of the Germans believe that the sanctions imposed on Russia for the attack on Ukraine harm Germany more than the Russian Federation.. This is evidenced by the results of a Forsa poll for the German channel n-tv.. Only 39% of Germans believe that the damage to Russia is great.