mo4ch:>‘As if Germany is a US colony’: Bundestag energy chief lashes out at Russia sanctions | Mo4ch News

Only the US – not Germany or the EU – is interested in economic sanctions against Russia, the head of the Bundestag’s economy and energy committee has said. German MPs are looking at ways to lift the restrictions, he added.Bundestag energy and economy chief Klaus Ernst of Die Linke party accused the US of behaving as if Germany is its colony, as Washington tries to bully Europeans out of buying Russian gas.“Those measures don't only target Russians, they deliberately target Europeans, for example German energy companies involved in Nord Stream 2,” he said at a conference on the prospects of energy cooperation between Russia and the EU, organized by the Russian Gas Society – an association of Russian energy companies, relevant research institutions and local administrations.Also on rt.comUS must prevent construction of Nord Stream 2 pipeline to counter Russia – PompeoUS officials, including President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Berlin ambassador Richard Grenell…