As he noted in an interview with the TV channel "360", the situation with Alexei Navalny is an invented reason for "punishment".
“The CDU, the ruling party, was fully committed to shutting down Nord Stream 2.
Like, we need to punish Russia, we need to give her the understanding that we do not tolerate this - something, even it is not clear what.
It is very obediently fulfilling the version of its master, the United States, ”he said.
At the same time, the deputy added that other political forces adhered to different positions.
For example, his party believes that this situation is “just a fictitious excuse,” while the Social Democrats believe that it is necessary to wait for the results of an investigation into what happened.
According to Gerdt, the position of the ruling party shows the lack of sovereignty in Germany and pushes for a decision that infringes upon "the interests of his own country and his people."
Earlier, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas did not rule out the suspension of Nord Stream 2 as a reaction to the situation with Alexei Navalny.