Germany – a winter fairy tale. The nation trembles before the cold season. Because what was dear and cheap to her was taken away from her: gas and heating oil at bargain prices. Putin supplied the fuel for a handful of rubles for decades. Now the generous ruler from the East has turned out to be Father Frost. Prices skyrocket, gas and oil bills become unaffordable. The shocked Germans turn down the radiators and rub themselves with washcloths. Shower orgy and bubble bath are taboo.

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