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Olaf Scholz is elected new chancellor of #Germany. How can quality of relations between Germany and #Russia change?

Roads lead to... St. Petersburg!
#Scholz: "#Hamburg and #StPetersburg are twin cities and twin ports".

Scholz's "Petersburg connections" and the SPD.
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#SPD in #Hamburg has strong ties with #Russia and, in particular, with #StPetersburg. In 2012, Henning Voscherau became chairman of BoD of South Stream Transport AG, #Gazprom's project to build the South Stream gas pipeline bypassing #Ukraine, which was never implemented. #ONGT Image
Scholz was in contact with politicians and businessmen from Petersburg. He visited city more than once, including in 2016 to participate in German-Russian forum "Petersburg Dialogue". In summer of 2017, when Hamburg hosted #G20 summit, Scholz met with Russian President #Putin. Image
Some views on Scholz's position on Russia issues:

🇷🇺 #Russia: continue cooperation in fight against #pandemic and #climate change; proposes introduction of a visa-free regime for Russians under age of 25 and improve opportunities for Russians to study and work in Germany. Image
#NordStream2: supports project, criticized the #US sanctions against the participating companies, calling it "interference in the internal affairs of #Germany and #Europe."
🇺🇦 #Ukraine: opposes joining #NATO and the #EU, the supply of weaponsA to Ukraine.
#Energy: phasing out #coal by 2030, developing #renewable energy sources. As an #EnergyTransition, it is planned to build new thermal power plants running on natural #gas. #ONGT #Gazprom $GAZP
And finally

❤️New #IKEA advertisement in Germany - "At home" ❤️ Image

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