RE: Renewable energy?12 Nov 2023 22:37
TROAJAN
MERKEL big mistake was trusting Putin as an ally, and relying on cheap Russian gas.
She was able to handle him but once out of office things kicked off.
You have to understand that Germany was guilt ridden with the Invasion of Russia. so much so that Putin was invited to address the German Bundestag in 2001.
ps interesting fact from Google...
"From 1985 to 1990, he served in Dresden, East Germany, using a cover identity as a translator. While posted in Dresden, Putin worked as one of the KGB's liaison officers to the Stasi secret police and was reportedly promoted to lieutenant colonel."