Soaring fuel prices drive German far-right calls for a turn back to Russia

Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline left Berlin scrambling ​to find alternative suppliers Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural…

Key takeaways

Quick scan — what you need to know:

• Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream…
• Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until Moscow’s
• invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline left Berlin scrambling ​to find alternative
• suppliers Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until

Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline left Berlin scrambling ​to find
• alternative suppliers

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline left Berlin scrambling ​to find alternative
• suppliers Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until
• Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline left Berlin scrambling ​to find