Time working against Russia with economy collapsing, German minister says

People clean an area of a building damaged by an overnight missile strike in Sloviansk, Ukraine (AP)

Germany’s vice chancellor has said Russia’s continued income from high fuel prices “hurts”, but insisted “time is working against Russia” with its economy collapsing.

Robert Habeck, who is also Germany’s economy minister, told the German parliament on Thursday that “the income that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin has obtained in recent months because of high prices hurts, and we can only be ashamed that we haven’t yet managed to reduce this dependence more significantly”.