# Germany needs a diesel deal with Russia, politician says

https://mins.news/en/item/96874

- TASS, 2026-10-12 17:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2201089

> Sahra Wagenknecht, founder of Germany’s BSW party, urged the government to follow the US in striking a diesel deal with Russia and abandon anti-Russian sanctions. She said affordable Russian energy was necessary to stop German industry’s decline.

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