Kremlin comments on German government collapse to RT RT Russia & Former Soviet Union [Video]

There is an indirect link between the collapse of the German ruling coalition and its decision to decouple the national economy from Russian energy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Christian Lindner as finance minister this week, saying that a key point of contention was the latter’s refusal to provide more aid to Ukraine. Other cabinet members representing Lindner’s Free Democratic Party resigned after their leader was ousted.

This de facto ended the three-way ruling coalition, which also included Scholz’s Social Democrats and the Greens. A minority government headed by the chancellor may remain in power if it survives a confidence vote, which Scholz asked the parliament to hold in January.

RT asked Peskov on the sidelines of the Valdai Discussion Club in the city of Sochi whether Moscow …