Most Germans understand English perfectly fine. So, feel free to scam, I guess.

It's not as simple as you think. Twenty years ago, Putin wanted to diversify his gas pipelines to get around the Ukraine's power. After many intrigues, he built two pipelines to Germany and a sort of drinking straw to China. This wasn't exactly a victory for Putin.

And now the Germans disagree about they how they should sabotage Putin, while agreeing that they should do it, and Germany's the third biggest arms donor to Ukraine after the UK and US.