The Bundestag calls on the country to negotiate with Russia 'with an open mind', as anti-Russian sanctions begin to take their toll on the deteriorating economy and energy scarcity. In a tweet on Thursday, German left-wing politician and chairman of the Bundestag committee on energy, Klaus Ernst, referenced statements by Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the sanctions should not hit Europe harder than Russia itself: “We have now imposed seven packages of sanctions and Gazprom is making record profits. At the same time, we are threatened with a wave of bankruptcies. Therefore: negotiate with Russia with an open mind". ...