“Russian raw materials and, above all, relatively cheap fuel are the necessary conditions for the existence of a competitive German industry, without which we cannot do,” Spiegel quotes her words in an interview with the DPA agency.

Wagenknecht believes that the confrontation with Moscow can destroy the German economy.

Earlier, Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party Yevgeny Schmidt expressed the opinion that gas supplies from Russia would allow Germany to avoid an energy crisis this winter.