Germany was “stupid” to let itself become dependent on Russia for about half of its gas supplies, according to Economy Minister Robert Habeck. Habeck, who’s in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this weekend to discuss buying liquefied natural gas, told Deutschlandfunk radio that individual suppliers should in future each be limited to providing “10% or 20%” of Germany’s needs. In a separate interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, he defended the practice of sourcing energy from “non-democratic countries,” saying there’s a difference between a country where the human rights situation is “problematic,” and one like Russia which “is waging an aggressive, illegal war at our front door.” Boris Johnson Says There Can Be No Concessions to Putin (1:50 p.m.) U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there should be no way back from international isolation for President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. It would be a mistake to consider trade-offs, Johnson told members of his Conservative Party at a conference in Blackpool. “There are some around the world, even in Western governments, who invoke what they call realpolitik and who say that we are better off making accommodations with tyranny,” Johnson said. “I have to say, I believe they are profoundly wrong.” “To try to renormalize relations with Putin after this, as we did in 2014, would be to make exactly the same mistake again,” he said. NN: FINALLY they are starting to realize how bad it is. The problem is its to late. Europe is indeed Putin’s bitch……