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It became known about the emergence of a “new friendship” between Russia and Germany

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Relations between Russia and Germany are much closer than it seems at first glance, and in fact, a “new friendship” is currently emerging between the two countries. This assessment of bilateral relations was shared by The Spectator magazine.

The publication notes that the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the related tensions between Washington and Berlin mark “the largest diplomatic crisis in transatlantic relations since the war in Iraq.” In addition, the German authorities are eagerly awaiting the supply of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, which officials greeted with more enthusiasm than the drug of the Swedish-British company AstraZeneca, the newspaper notes.

“In theory, the vaccine and the pipeline are different questions, but can we really imagine Germany welcoming the Russian vaccine but boycotting Russian gas in protest against the Kremlin’s bad behavior? Vaccines and the pipeline increase Germany's dependence on Russia and Russia's dependence on the German market, ”the article says.

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea was supposed to be commissioned at the end of 2019. However, its completion was hampered, in particular, by the threat of sanctions from the United States, due to which European companies began to leave the project.

The Russian drug “Sputnik V” became the world's first registered vaccine based on the human adenovirus. Currently, the development of Russian scientists is among the ten best vaccine candidates in the list of the World Health Organization (WHO). More than 20 countries have already approved the use of Sputnik V on their territory.

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