The German newspaper Der Spiegel reported that the embargo on Russian oil threatens eastern Germany with economic consequences, given that the PCK refinery could become the first German victim of the Ukrainian crisis.

She explained that “the future of East Germany on an economic, social and political level is being decided in Schudt, where the oil refinery is located, which receives raw materials exclusively from Russia through the Druzhba pipeline, which is under threat due to plans to impose an oil embargo, and the PCK refinery may become the first German victim of the crisis in Ukraine.”

Before this, it was about how the German government helped Ukraine, while the impact of the crisis on the daily life of the Germans was relatively manageable, and in Schwedt now the situation is different, as the Ukrainian crisis can have existential consequences for the city of 30,000 people here again another turning point begins in the East.”

She added that “nine out of ten vehicles in Berlin and Brandenburg run on gasoline and diesel fuel from the Schweidt plant, which also provides fuel to the domestic airport, and it is possible that the leaders of the eastern regions of Germany would have made a different decision about imposing a potential oil embargo. “Russians, if it were in their hands.”

She noted that “there is no support for government moves towards Ukraine in the east, in contrast to the western part of the country, where, according to public opinion polls, the majority of East Germans do not support the supply of weapons to Kyiv, and the eastern population is affected by price increases caused by the Ukrainian crisis because residents in these areas, on average, earn less and have fewer savings than Westerners.”