A growing trend in Germany's far-right movement is calling for the country to re-establish ties with Russia, citing soaring fuel prices as a major factor. This shift comes as Germany seeks alternative suppliers after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline left Berlin scrambling ​to find alternative suppliers