Russia's energy empire: Putin and the rise of Gazprom | DW Documentary

For decades, European countries have been dependent on Russian gas imports. And they did it to themselves. The biggest culprit? Germany. Only after Russia declared war on Ukraine did the German government realize that Russia has been using gas as a weapon for a long time.
How did this come about? What is Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan? The films take a look behind the scenes of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom. They show the genesis of an empire: from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the Russian goldrush, the restrictions imposed by newly-elected President Vladimir Putin and his regime’s subsequent arrests and expropriations. The filmmakers shot the film before the start of Russia's attack on Ukraine; a project that would no longer be possible today. The material allows viewers a glimpse into the inner workings of the energy giant Gazprom.
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[@samsonwgiorgis8204]

The Germans still can't stop thinking about the cheap Russian gas and oil after they abandoned it. Germany's condition is similar to someone who is reminiscing about his ex (girlfriend) body after he broke up with her.

[@uncleTee2023]

Kkkkkk

[@VodkaPandas]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@happymelon7129]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lupeefias7371]

😂😂😂

[@standad7541]

Yo frick that bih man, she just ain't worth it Klaus.

[@juanaybar1395]

"For decades, Germany had an unrestricted, subsidized supply of Russian energy supplies, which boosted the country's industrial sector and overall GDP. Berlín chose to discard all of these benefits" DW...Why Berlin dId it ??? Please answer the true...

[@nicolasolton]

Imperialist Russia?

[@leoninocat5070]

Imperialist USA?

[@theokingshango]

exactly

[@fantomfreedom3194]

​@@nicolasoltonimperia USA? Сколько военных баз по всему миру у США? World dictatura😉

[@Feechurd]

Germany's GDP was entirely buttressed by this one secret super weapon, friendly priced Russian energy ---not only made things cheaper to build but the profits were bigger at the end of the transaction and Fritz thought all these years he is so clever in business, his manufacturing quality was superior, his skilled labor was top notch..no NO NO AND NO....Germany thrived this last half century on the back of GENEROUS RUSSIAN ENERGY...that same Russian ennergy that lifeblood that they threw back in Russias face.....what does a nation that does this type of egregious self harm....ultimately deserve?

[@Perplexer1]

So the US was really adamant that Europe's cooperation and reliance on USSR/Russian gas is bad and should stop. But I'm still not sure who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines. 😂😂

[@vrsimulo1234]

Exactly!

[@patrickmac2799]

maybe, but if that is the lesson you have taken from this film then I would say that you watched it with closed ears.

[@earth.planet8860]

and the US was right..

[@masauso100]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@flyoutchase]

Lmaoooooooooo

[@naxpolitikov]

Before Russia manipulated with Gas supply, now US with their LNG supply … poor EU😅

[@irose4066]

Russia to China or India to EU…. 😂😂😂 good decision by unelected EU president..

[@MultiBattlecry]

Correction. You must have meant Soviet Union😉

[@naxpolitikov]

@@MultiBattlecry USSR owned half of EU, even Putler put on paycheck a lot of politicians in EU, especially in Germany, But you can convince yourself as much as you want😅

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

@@naxpolitikov lol... your sense of time or basic math is funny... what does ussre have to do with putin_ he waws literally a kid back then in 1991 soviet union collapsed.. pujtin wasnt president before end of 90s... and literally after 90s, east-europöe stabilized... in your own logic, putin was a force of good in east-europe then, since it's stabilized... or ur full of shit... and noone is in putins pocket.... but keep fantasizing

[@matthijs3134]

Even though the Netherlands has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas, but because of all the EU regulations when it comes to the climate we’re not allowed to extract it 😅 it’s all so contradictory

[@100ap]

You guys should have mentioned the part where Germany is now struggling because of expensive US LNG

[@akselmani]

Except US LNG is not expensive. That's a common Kremlin propaganda that has circulated since they stopped the gas in 2022.

[@nbell5050]

It’s 3x more expensive than what they we’re getting before so yes it is technically more expensive.

[@akselmani]

@@nbell5050 Yeah... no. US LNG for EU with shipping and regazification was below 11 USD/MMBtu, Russian gas price was like 14.4 USD/MMBtu For Dec 2023. If you had a long term contract it might be lower than 14.4 but still. This 3-4x price thing is completely false.

[@100ap]

@@akselmani logistics is a key factor here. The further the product is coming from,the more expensive.

[@jerrellholder8382]

​​@@akselmaniit is expensive they wrote articles about in in German news paper even officials were complaining about it in Germany...even Macron was complaining just a few days ago.

[@rodrigop.browne4979]

Hmmm, no mention of the Nordstream pipeline 2 blown up, sinking german billions into the sea? Loved the candid interview to a siberian nomad and his cute deer... DW stands for Disney World now?

[@ronintje7647]

Well, they did mention how terrible it was that Nordstream would undermine Ukraines influence on the gas transport. I guess them being able to steal the gas and blackmail both Russia and the countries that rely on Russian gas is considered a good thing by certain people.🤔

[@davidanalyst671]

Trump told you all Nordstream2 was bad, and he sanctioned the german companies that built it. 5 years later, Germany is trying to rebuild its pipeline in order to support Russia while they commit mass war crimes and invade a dozen countries.

[@patrickmunneke8348]

Yeah why didn't they mention Ukraine blowing up the pipeline?

[@justinmolsal5613]

@@patrickmunneke8348do you have any proof?

[@patrickmunneke8348]

@@justinmolsal5613 There have been articles about it. Do some research.

[@ivanstrucks175]

DW please make a documentary on US dollar and it’s worldwide influence.

[@siriusman6169]

Very nice and important observation, The US dollar is the most eraponise instrument

[@KamBar2019]

Never Say NEVER 😎 Justin Bieber

[@KENPRE_29]

😢​

[@macc240038]

Yes. Don't comment on the documentary. Dissemble and distract.

[@zeosanduras9689]

Interesting

[@Farkeman]

EU: "It's ok, I can change him" 💀

[@Dotalol123]

You misinterpreted the whole point of this documentary and the point is that there are no independent nations at the end of the day you are in someone's pocket, Chinese, Russian or USA, moral of the story is empires still exists...

[@thelastofthehitachi972]

@@Dotalol123 that's why 'don't put all your eggs in one basket' - too much oil from one place, russia in this case

[@thelastofthehitachi972]

@Farkeman lol, meanwhile putin changed the constitution -> putin president for life

[@Dotalol123]

@@thelastofthehitachi972 I dont have a gripe with that, oil is just a resource, you can buy it anywhere Russia, USA, Africa, Norway, who cares? I have a gripe with the price of the empire, every empire will blackmail you in the future one way or another to push some interest of theirs...

[@irose4066]

😂😂😂….still EU people believes their media and their govt,…. Feels like EU people are educated fools….

[@infinity67833]

Why you DW dont make a documentary about US, British or French petrol empire?

[@mikaellindroos1594]

They did it in 1920 when Russians lived in caves.

[@rasputindasilva858]

It's too boring and people are not interested.

[@Eleftheria3030]

Cry about it

[@j.k.1239]

Who will pay the bills....

[@infinity67833]

@@Eleftheria3030 ok, malaka.

[@Ese_osa]

Hypocrisy is when you blow nord stream to stop being dependent on one nation and them start import expensive substitutes from another which In turns make you dependent on them. This my friends is European wisdom

[@Farkeman]

What's better, to be dependant on democratic free alies or a gang of james bond villains in fur coats?

[@MariaKasova59]

​@@Farkemaneven enemy they sell cheap price , friend sell more expensive than enemy , wth

[@happymelon7129]

@@Farkeman This friend already pause the LNG .🤣

[@Arthas_Menethiil]

Actually europeans finally realized that, and current dependence on US LNG is temporary till they develop enough sustainable energy sources to reduce impact of gas on them.

[@Farkeman]

@@Arthas_Menethiil Russians are so stuck in the past they think gas and oil is not replaceable. Their government is keeping them in utter ignorance which is incredibly sad.

[@Herodotus__]

Can DW also make a documantary about the US using the $ and 😢 system as nuclear weapon.

[@samsanyang9252]

They would never

[@mmalam8148]

​@samsanyang9why252

[@sitniky]

they`re not allowed to do it)

[@dgcardoso]

Yep the dollar is a WMD

[@doktariinc8562]

Exactly!! 💯%😂😂😂😂

[@andybroomfield4041]

Really informative background. Thank you

[@flygonc3717]

Now Germany is totally dependent on the US selling liquefied gas at 3 to 4 time Russian gas now us is limiting gas export and Germany is piss lmao

[@TheGrindcorps]

Lol. They said they had to get off Russian gas because Russia could hold them hostage! 🤣. The USA is holding them hostage and even blew up their pipelines.

[@bereal6590]

@@TheGrindcorps Russia blew the pipeline

[@TheGrindcorps]

@@bereal6590 🤣 they could just have turned it off. Even USA and the rest of NATO have said they don’t think Russia did it.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Good friends. Tres clever

[@moonraker978]

@@TheGrindcorpsThey turned off in July, later (Sep.) they blew up 3 out of 4 piplines. Miscalculation, it's over.

[@partoems9376]

The gas of the Russian Federation was cheap and that made Europe industries competitive. Now Europe is deindustrializing and not competitive. No cheap gas again.

[@anssiluomaranta34]

It was a really bad decision to build such overdepence. I would like to think it will never happen again but after 3-4 generations this will be forgotten and stupid people will rule again...

[@suportbghelp4938]

@@anssiluomaranta34 how that is stupid, u say germany can slow down their economy and give upper hand to others?imagine if russia bust china and india economy all this years with cheap commodity.

[@anssiluomaranta34]

@@suportbghelp4938How is that stupid? That very question is stupid! Open your eyes and you see the results! The proper course of action would have been to plan for this eventuality: energy source X is lost - what is our plan B? This is really all very basic stuff but seems like most coutries don't have ANY contingency plans. I mean seriously: HUGE PART OF OUR ENERGY IS COMING THROUGH THIS PIPELINE THAT IS EASILY DESTROYED BY ANY CLOWN WITH A SCUBA GEAR. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!!!!

[@jithutjohnny4013]

Thank you very much for including English subtitles, even if it is done after a delay of 1 or 2 days.

[@radhikaperera1293]

So much for the sovereign decision of the European states to have economic relations with Russia. US gets to decide when the idea of sovereignty matters and when it's not.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Europeans voluntarily gave up their sovereignty though.

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

EU is just an extension of US. Funny how they chant "for freedom" in Ukraine now when actually they are for slavery to the US.

[@Ithzzz]

@@zuzanazuscinova5209 did they thou ? to keep growing they had to get gas from somewhere and the US was not gonna sell it to them. Norway and Britan did not have the capacity so russia was the most logical solution

[@clementine7582]

You misspelled the word 'dumb'.

[@maximusfreeman7140]

For decades, Germany had an unrestricted, subsidized supply of Russian energy supplies, which boosted the country's industrial sector and overall GDP. Berlin chose to discard all of these benefits, and as a result, it is currently having difficulty locating expensive, scarce energy sources. This has put a great deal of strain on the economy and industry, as evidenced by the poor 0.7% GDP growth that was recorded in 2023 as opposed to 3.2% in 2021 ( the height of the pandemic))

[@TheGrindcorps]

Pretty dumb of them to do. I guess they didn’t have a choice. They went along with Genocide Joe and he still blew up their pipelines. It wasn’t Russia they had to worry about using the pipeline against them, it was clearly America!

[@eric-222]

That's certainly a bad thing, when your economy is directly dependent on another country's resources? It's very dangerous! And that's what you can see happening now and that's why this documentary.

[@tanyam5471]

​@@eric-222If you don't have your own resources you will buy it anyway... from Russia or US. What's the difference? Except the price.

[@notarealperson9709]

Germany was already transitioning to hydrogen for industry... Russian natural gas was just a stopgap.

[@olegkhokhlov-ct3ey]

​@tanyam5471 No difference except gas higher price and industry destruction. Get it ?

[@umar-kv2kf]

Dw should make a documentary on Chevron and BP if they have bulls to do so 😊

[@adamwallace7638]

Chevron and BP arent state owned. theres a difference

[@rickschroth9869]

@@adamwallace7638absolutely correct!! .. “Russia is now a gas station masquerading as a country,” - John McCain - 2014

[@czl6270]

@@adamwallace7638 But the state is owned by them.

[@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns]

@@rickschroth9869 Where is John McCain now??

[@frankrenda2519]

@@adamwallace7638 it means their more corrupt

[@valentinstoyanov304]

Thank you for this video!

[@MSNBCult]

Imagine a world where we all respected one another and helped one another with resources, instead of going to pointless wars with one another.

[@Ukie88]

If only pigs could fly.

[@michailluuko3909]

Good comment

[@chloris6349]

And what kind and volume of resources can EU give to Russia?

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

Such world would not exist because there would be no checks for the weak and stupid so eventual degradation would cause extinction. Living creatures need sufficient difficulties and conflicts to survive and evolve. Biology 101.

[@tombogan03884]

You'd still being eating bugs in your caves.

[@Nobleman707]

Germany is now crying because the US has reduced supply of their costly LNG. Germany should fight for their own interest not the US's.

[@markbitz1599]

Maybe if Germany would pay their bills the supply would not be being reduced….

[@cptprice111]

germany is vassal

[@bluecoupalt1093]

Germany and all European countries are like an obedient slave to America. It is not surprising that the European economy will deteriorate during the next few years.

[@stylishtundra]

God help those who help themselves 😅

[@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb]

Facts

[@MrSimonw58]

Total, petrol stations, the French company ... all Total petrol stations in South Africa have been replaced by a company named Astrom

[@kabzaify]

Is another French company

[@4Dwooorld]

United Petroleum was founded in 1981 by South African-born entrepreneurs Avi Silver and Eddie Hirsch. It began as a group of service stations under the brands Astron and Esso.

[@teknikairaoulolgandessabek4102]

No it's not true. There are still a lot of Total Energy stations around the country.

[@humbulanimulaudzi7185]

Its Caltex and not TOTAL

[@humbulanimulaudzi7185]

He meant Caltex - @@teknikairaoulolgandessabek4102

[@tinalund7262]

A good summary & report

[@peterzeman2749]

Ehm, what is the problem? Germany does not have to buy gas from Russia and can get it from other sources. Now Germany does not buy gas from Russia so it is not dependent on Russia anymore so everything is now good, right?

[@guillermorojasc]

Right

[@georgebezzegh6383]

Only dependent on the mafia boss USA😂

[@peterzeman2749]

@@georgebezzegh6383 that is irrelevant. The dependance on the Russian gas was bad because Russia can use it as a geopolitical weapon according to the video. For whatever reason Germany was not able to get rid of this dependance. So now everyone ought to be happy because Germany can no longer be geopolitically manipulated if it stays away from Russian natural resources, correct? If Germany from now on never ever puts its fingers on Russian resources, it should have a good and free future, is that correct?

[@mitrogulf4073]

The USA does this by forcing them to refuse any others except him under pain of political ostracism (in fact, they intimidate with their influence). The United States is already a monopolist on many issues, at least in currency, and by its actions it has attracted benefits to itself, while the United States sells gas at a much higher price than Russia. What is the benefit here? Exchange one for another with less favorable conditions just to supposedly be a saint, although in some sense you are one of the causes of the conflict? So no dude, NOT correct

[@mitrogulf4073]

​@@peterzeman2749 The USA does this by forcing them to refuse any others except him under pain of political ostracism (in fact, they intimidate with their influence). The United States is already a monopolist on many issues, at least in currency, and by its actions it has attracted benefits to itself, while the United States sells gas at a much higher price than Russia. What is the benefit here? Exchange one for another with less favorable conditions just to supposedly be a saint

[@sr5726]

Show your farmers protest. Dw is specialized in looking into other countries matter rather than focusing on its own problems

[@mike42356]

Germany isn't DW's country 😉

[@DontTrustShadows]

​@@mike42356Which part of the "DW is a German public broadcast" under the video you couldn't understand, bud?

[@dragone925]

It's propaganda ​@@mike42356

[@Dave-rk5lk]

Dw is pretty much Independent

[@oasis5683]

The won't show their problems they rather focus on Russia for propaganda.

[@encabsss]

DW should also make documentary on how US is dependent on Made in China

[@PewDiePie777]

They already made it bruh.

[@user-vc5zt9ci12]

China, Russia, Iran and WOTW are all dependent on the west... all technology is western. All science and technology inventions have come from the west. Prove me wrong, Name something that hasn't

[@blakeknight5195]

Dunno about that lol it’s cheap both party’s it’s a win

[@belmont8792]

HAPPY SUNDAY DW documentary 😊

[@chris33513]

Excellent documentary. Please prepare a follow up.

[@aahmadov]

The irony is that after Germany decoupled from Russian energy, USA just announced that they will halt LNG exports to Germany because of the domestic consumption 😂😂😂 Basically germany shoot itself

[@franzspitterlos4008]

Funny haha

[@ResidualSelfImage]

The Europe is replacing the Russian-Ukraine gas pipeline with a Turkey-Azerbaijan gas/oil pipeline. In the 1990s, Russian use of gas/oil pipeline Ukraine dependency to blackmail Kyiv. This eventually pushed Ukraine towards the European Union and the Maiden Revolution which triggered the Russian invasion of Donetsk Luhansk and Crimea in 2014. With Russian oil/gas shut off from Europe - Europe found other more reliable oil/gas sources... one such source was a pipeline from Azerbaijan via Turkey to Europe. The Turkey Azerbaijan pipeline revenue stream has been paying for the kicking out the Kremlin supported Armenian invasion of the Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh region in the 2nd Nagorno Karabakh War - during the Russian Ukraine Invasion War. Given that all of the Russian War machine is focused on Ukraine- the Kremlin ignored the call from Armenia for help fighting of the siege of the Russian Proxy state in Nagorno Karabakh i.e. the Republic of Artsakh, which collapse without Russian military support.

[@happymelon7129]

🤣Putin is laughing so loud at EU that I can hear it here in Asia... and for a good reason.

[@alexandermutune6131]

They can get their Gaz from Norway.

[@dracoboomin6511]

yea do it then, why make a 1 hr documentary about Russia. @@alexandermutune6131

[@mehedihasan-zq4kn]

Well, that's true. Russia is weaponising their oil and gas resources. But what about Chevron, BP, Total Energy, Exon Mobil, etc. Aren't these companies weaponising their business as a tool of their states' geopolitical interests for decades?

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

They never declared a war (as a matter of fact) on western values and principles.

[@hatchxable]

The west weaponized EVERYTHING against Russia!

[@DieterDuplak314]

us just now "paused" desperately needed lng exports to the newly built german lng terminals.

[@user-tt6il2up4o]

How has Russia weaponised its gas and oil. It has supplied on time and never pushed through crazy price increases, unlike the USA. Germans are going to wish in a couple of years they had a backbone and had sued the yanks for blowing up Nordstream.

[@AMldn]

They are private companies, not state owned…

[@comchadelalora]

Surely, Germany knows about this😮😮 because it gave up its capability to be independent and safe. Energy and food security are basic strategic concepts a nation must observe. Some in the EU appeared to ignore that. Now they pay.

[@Ithzzz]

in 2024 very few nations are 100% food and energy independent

[@cte4dota]

Petro Dollar is biggest weapon of that kind

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Always be energy sufficient before boasting to be an economic power. Any country without energy sufficiency cannot be categorized as an economic powerhouse - KZbin Analyst.

[@briank.6482]

Like China? They have nothing but coal

[@fh511]

Not only energy sufficient. A powerful nation must farm all their own Food supply their own Military and have a large Population

[@Ithzzz]

@@fh511 you do realize no country fit that description right ?

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

usa does@@Ithzzz

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

only weakness of usa is that it doesnot have manpower to compete against india and china in long term@@Ithzzz

[@SunsEutopianWorld]

Russia and Germany together could be a strong power which US never wanted them to become

[@mjaraz5442]

Unicorns 🦄 exist as well.

[@bigbadlust4403]

Yes, because those two nations love eachother soooo much. Lets put together Saudis and Iranians while we're at it.

[@user-rz6pw8ve7j]

Этого больше не будет. Мы не прощаем помощи нашим врагам.

[@TheGrindcorps]

Which is exactly why the USA blew up Nordstream and has done everything possible to come between them.

[@TheGrindcorps]

@@bigbadlust4403Saudi Arabia and Iran are at peace and working together now.

[@miskomarkovic3446]

Thank you

[@OlehDudkin]

To editors. On 49 min.40sec. is not a L.Kravchuk. Please correct subtitles.

[@Ese_osa]

Germany news channel doing a video documentary to gaslight Russia after siding with NATO and the USA for destroying nord stream 2 😂😂😂

[@nicolasolton]

Germany didn't destroy nordstream, putin did.

[@PetyPety-wm4pv]

​@@nicolasoltonзачем?

[@bigmuchknow342]

Are you slow upstairs?? Who wanted the sanctions on Russia and punish them and their economy, let the banking system crash including the energy sector? @@nicolasolton

[@Bapepsi]

How is the troll factory job? Are you afraid that Putin will replace your job with AI soon?

[@fantomfreedom3194]

​@@nicolasolton🤠🤡

[@CK-jo9im]

2 points, if a country is blessed with abundant resources within its territory, that is a strategic advantage over competition, but also an economic resource to rely on. To say that Russia's vast resources including oil and gas is a disproportionate thing to other countries confirm Europe and the US (NATO) interests of an invasion in Russia, and the Russians must guard on this with all their power. When person A has cement, and the other has bricks, it only makes sense to trade to mutually meet each others interests. The western way is to steal other countries resources through wars and its corporates. I am sure this would never ever work in Russia, or this would mean mutual destruction of this planet. If you buy a product or service from a supplier, I think it is not only unfair, but crazy to dictate them on what they would use it for, else you resist buying from them. Stop buying Russian oil and gas, this world is too large to turn to other buyers.

[@TheGrindcorps]

This has always been the case. There is a reason that a coalition of major powers tried to invade to remove the Bolsheviks 100 years ago. A communist state was the opposite of them being able plunder the territory of former Russian Empire.

[@bereal6590]

Did Europe steal gas, no they cut a deal and had a pipeline! Russia was the aggressor

[@pc6475]

absolutely ,anyway Trump wants end NATO ,and Europe (i personally don't really mind if they leave Europe),again ,has been used ,(as battlefield too ..)like Afghnistan ,Iraq ,the Kurds and much more.What Europe will do ,then with Russia?😁

[@DBGE001]

Read on the story of the disintegration of the USSR followed by the invasion of US oil giants that proposed their help in restarting the oil and gas industry in the then newly formed Russia. Everything went smoothly and the profits of billions and billions of USD left Russia to the US. That stopped however when Putin said: enough is enough and fully privatized all the oil and gas reserves of the country. The US oil and gas giants lost their investments but they never forget and never forgive.

[@Adcabrer]

Well said 👏

[@samanthaw4955]

The United States 🇺🇸 has a penchant of making their own worst nightmares come true. The United States 🇺🇸 always treated Russia with contempt, who on this earth would like that? Even European countries weren’t immune to US aggression and threats. We are here because of what the US wanted, plain and simple.

[@BiplabDas-km8rs]

America weaponised oil, Russia natural gas, what a big deal. Double standard, hypocrate

[@rickschroth9869]

WOW .. if Europeans would look after cleaning up their own back yard .. You wouldn’t need American intervention. It was lady Merkel’s policies that put the EU in the position it is in today. The Balkans, the Illegal immigrants, the “Wandel durch Handel” policy with autocrats …. ALL MASSIVE FAILURES.. and lest not even start with the Crimea capitulation, the failure of the Budapest Memorandum.. all done knowing it was furthering Putin’s unhinged imperialism

[@baghazukhov152]

​@@BiplabDas-km8rs and also the dollar. America weaponized the petrodollar

[@t9056]

making our worst nightmares come true.....i think u mean we was right and predicted exactly what would happen....blaming us for telling u exactly what they would do is a joke

[@MariaKasova59]

America only bring calamity to allies and enemy , warmonger

[@genem895]

Germany haven't learned a lesson. Great story 👏 Russia should keep natural resources to it's own people. No Goods to Germany.

[@miroslavdusin4325]

Russia is not interested in its own people so there is no reason to keep natural resources for them.

[@vrsimulo1234]

Exqctly

[@m.g.debruin8294]

Not good for Russia Russian people can't pay as much like Europe for gas.

[@NuttyGeek]

What is the total rate of household access to natural gas in russia? 73% they say and it is promissed to get to 83% by 2030. But there is a catch. Which is the famous russian concept of promise, right? I am sure you have got the point :)

[@genem895]

​@@m.g.debruin8294 you should know that natural gas and electricity for households in Russia cost 10 times cheaper than in Germany.

[@Juergen220367]

Good documentary. However, why were we not told what the real reason was, why Gazprom/Russia halted the gas transport to Ukraine??

[@partoems9376]

DW is not supposed to say that. Its mandate and other Western media is always to paint Russia as the bad guy. Same as the US and Europe always with China.

[@user-kh1ox7wv2f]

Газ на Украину продолжает поступать, по крайней мере, по одной трубе точно.

[@tiamantrix8453]

Russian gas still goes through Ukraine to Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and then Ukraine buys the same Russian gas from Slovakia at a premium. The gas doesn’t even leave the territory of Ukraine, just according to the papers it becomes Slovak. And Ukraine still receives money from Russia for transportation. But the Germans can continue to pay for expensive gas from the USA

[@pcopeland15]

@@tiamantrix8453 One could make a career analyzing the complex path of raw oil and gas, petroleum midstream and downline products,; and the associated capital flows and treaty obligations. What a minute, that analysis is an entire industry onto itself.

[@radudumitriu9444]

@@tiamantrix8453 ok Ivan :)

[@user-lp2vg2sz2g]

A wise man once said: "If you control money you control politicians, And if you control foods you control people, but if control oil you control nations."

[@romanzavsegolov4925]

If you control gas, you will not be embarrassed in an elevator.

[@abdelaseidu1411]

Germany 🇩🇪 has acted like a chef who instead of eating his cooking has decided to place an order and is not even close😅😅😅. Go Germany, Go Green congratulations from your Chinese friend's now they are using the extra energy 👏

[@irose4066]

I think now they don’t consider their climate goals

[@maxbounce5736]

Germany and Russia having close and mutually beneficial relations is the worst nightmare for the Uncle Sam. Next thing you know, Germans will wake up and ask Americans leave their country like the Soviets did about 30 years ago. You have to create chaos first and then convince people that only you can fix it. It looks more and more likely that without the United States meddling in other countries affairs, we’d have peace and stability in the Middle East and Europe.

[@browngreen933]

Nope. Putin's foolish invasion of Ukraine drove Germany, Finland, Sweden -- all of Europa -- back into the loving arms of Uncle Sam. 😅

[@maxbounce5736]

@@browngreen933 That emoji at the end tells a lot about what a true “intellectual titan” you are, kiddo.

[@browngreen933]

@@maxbounce5736 Truth hurts, don't it?

[@maxbounce5736]

@@browngreen933 The only thing that hurts is your grammar, kiddo… So bye (unless you accidentally write something worth responding to).

[@browngreen933]

@@maxbounce5736 Have fun back in Russia! 😆

[@juice2]

My only question is will Germany remain naive about Russia, or will they learn something.

[@adamscott217]

How dare Russia sell Germany cheap gas when the United States could sell Germany expensive gas ...

[@juice2]

@@adamscott217 ​ My comment is about Germany being historically naive about Russia. One may wonder why someone in replies is trying to change topic

[@thomasbrandon8029]

Russian trolls are relentless... @@juice2

[@i.z7496]

US try to make lessons about free market and price and then tell to europe , buy a expensive gass from US Hahaha , just think who wone after every war in europe , US 😅

[@derbaeumaed8158]

Germany is doomed because it's not sovereign

[@pcopeland15]

Where is part 2? Or 3 for that matter. This ended far too abruptly.

[@davidanalyst671]

WHERE IS THE PREQUEL TO THIS DOCUMENTARY when france decided to go nuclear, become energy independent, and now they aren't allied with anyone who is committing war crimes.

[@pcopeland15]

@@davidanalyst671 Hmmm. In Europe, yes. France is less popular in the Sahel in sub-Saharan Africa if I understand correctly. Nuclear seems to have been a very good decision though.

[@hamish1309]

​@davidanalyst671 their allies aren't clean.

[@atumcommel]

I watched it on DW broadcast and you are correct there's more than just this 50 mins.

[@Julia-nl3gq]

@@atumcommel Hmm. Could it have been longer because it had commercials? Just a thought. I could be wrong. It's just that this one does have the credits at the end, so it must be the full documentary. If the other was shorter, was it maybe because when it's broadcast like that it has commercials?

[@USrolexinvestors]

Great info thanx

[@JulioLopez-li4mk]

Interesting video to know since when the US does not want Russia to have strong commercial relations with the EU, I can only summarize: fear of being displaced. Poor people of ukraine how it was used.

[@KJ-jg3kc]

Gazprom used to sponsor Schalke 04, and after it withdrew, this FC is under bankrupt now?

[@m.g.debruin8294]

Whole Russia is bankrupt now

[@RockedChad-ts7ch]

US: don't buy russian energy. Also US: buys russian Uranium.

[@joyrama2908]

JEALOUSY of the US that drives their obsession with Russia

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

You're clueless.... it's actually US who tries to control EU and Germany... if Germany and Russia are friends, US and NATO becomes irrelevant and noone would need US expensive weapons. US would lose primacy in EU and become irrelevant power in the world... You clearly don't understand geopolitics

[@pyatig]

It’s not jealousy it’s pure unadulterated cash

[@GonsalvoDeCordova]

The US is obsessed with any non-democracy with enough nuclear weapons to utterly destroy it. I think that's fair. What to do about it, that is open to debate. Right now, way more Americans are obsessed with immigrants crossing the border with Mexico than anything, anything happening outside the US.

[@PhamVans]

Great documentary!

[@VicharB]

Interesting documentary, but you forget to state that thanks to Russian gas (and oil) European economy grew well, the alternative was ... at a much costlier price (USA). And since then USA did everything possible for Russia and Germany (an EU) not to come close and develop stronger economical relations ... today the results speak for itself.

[@bereal6590]

Rubbish. Germany wasn't pals with Russia, they had a trade agreement and it didn't negatively affect America. Conspiracy theorist much!

[@joeltolbert3152]

Legendary comment 🙌🏾

[@krasenyanakiev705]

And who broke that relationship? Wasn't it putin by starting a war? Oh, wait...the americans forced him to do so...

[@anssiluomaranta34]

That was also the problem. Cheap fossil energy lead to stupid decisions such as banning nuclear power and not investing enough on alternative energy sources. Not to mention the existential threat of building an overdependence on an energy source that could so easily be destroyed...

[@wamnicho]

@@anssiluomaranta34 you do know nuclear power plants need uranium and Russia has like the biggest uranium deposits

[@pcopeland15]

I watch DW English consistently. It is difficult to get enough news and background on Germany on KZbin. But perhaps I need more sources.

[@yulinosifuentes4314]

Europeos se Autosancionaron 😂😂😂 Ahora depende de EEUU gas carro 😂😂

[@kevengagner8362]

"its gonna come back to bite us" already has my guy.

[@jaypaige7550]

how so ? us don't need Russia oil or gas

[@NavigatEric]

Excellent documentary.

[@user-yr2in5il6x]

West should understand that Russia is not their gas station!

[@ion552]

What else then? don't make me laugh

[@saucy743]

(They'll still make it their gas station because cheap fuel anyways)

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

@@ion552 Its our gas station not theirs. Duh.

[@sollte1239]

So why is Putin so annoyed that the pipeline got blown up

[@GonsalvoDeCordova]

One should add at this point that, afaik, the US produces more oil than any other country, and they charge for it :^)

[@kriskris2625]

Well now Germany is independent from the Russian gas, but it’s dependents from the American one on much higher price. When you don’t have natural resources you always depend from someone.

[@equarg]

I just saw an interesting special about Norway on a channel called RealLifeLore. Why they are one of the few uncorrupt oil and gas sellers in the world. What their long term plan is, how they are also backing green energy, and how they actually have rare earth minerals too!

[@Johnny-w15]

Don Carlos is boss what a ponytail 😂😂

[@manolingz]

That's what Dons are for.😎

[@gg.youlubeatube6249]

More on.

[@aahxzen]

Smoking the super slim cigarettes is also a great touch lol

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

@@aahxzen oldschool homosexual

[@detectiveofmoneypolitics]

Economic investigator Frank G Melbourne Australia is still watching this very informative content cheers Frank 😊

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Mind blowing documentary 👌 🙌 👏 🙏 🙂

[@DWDocumentary]

Glad you liked the film. We upload documentaries regularly so don’t forget to subscribe.

[@sharonlavery7656]

Really informative documentary, it was very interesting 👍

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@New_Zealander]

​@@DWDocumentary How about you respond to other comments that critique your documentaries rather the ones that say good informative documentary? Maybe next time do a documentary on why there are still US bases and troops in Germany? Isn’t your country a sovereign country or just a vassal state of the USA?

[@claudiufloroiu7957]

@@New_Zealander maybe they dont respond to russian trolls.. i dunno..

[@danelayoung1107]

POV: Russian lesson on Duolingo while watching this

[@dagmegetachew3954]

Another big money approved by EU for Ukraine 😅😅😅

[@Givemeproofkid]

@@dagmegetachew3954why

[@wiredsplinter]

At least the indigenous people of Siberia are still alive and have preserved their culture under the Russian rule. Yes, I'm sure they were subjected to an extent but at least not ethnically cleansed. On the other hand, the indigenous American Indian didn't have that kind of luck from their conquers and the English rule. Whatever is left of the American Indian is nothing but a hollow facade, a broke capitalist consumer with dead ancestors, forgotten culture and history. Here's a like DW, keep it up.

[@minoramare5829]

Thanks for great job😢❤

[@nachoskyful]

this feels incomplete. where is part 2?

[@iqbalsohel9166]

probably censored

[@RedBlackDish]

What about the weapon that steals $200 billions? Tell us about that weapon!

[@RudeBoy77777]

DW's documentaries are pretty impressive - you really do your 'homework' - thank you!!

[@andrewlim9345]

Learnt a good deal about the geopolitics of Russian gas and oil exports.

[@jackwalker9492]

This unit originally started up in Vermont, not far from where I grew up. Briefñy.. Great history

[@yandexamazigh3775]

Whether Moscow is under the control of the Tsar, the Bolsheviks or Vladimir Putin, Western Russophobia is a historical constant. And if Russia has always been in the crosshairs of imperialism, it is quite simply because the global domination of the Anglo-Saxon world is incompatible with the existence of a competing center of power.

[@GonsalvoDeCordova]

... and of course Russia is the only possible competing center of power. They are in fact that important, and we may safely ignore China, India, Brazil, etc. smh

[@shanewilson2484]

Russia was built on imperialism

[@SteveUrlz]

Surprisingly, not as West biased as I expected, good work.

[@boris2997]

You never bite the hand that feeds you

[@Trekfietser]

I bite the hand that feeds me because there's a body with meat connected to that hand. My name is 'lion'.

[@thebookdetective8745]

Unfortunately, I'm not buying Gaz prom's anymore. And I'm not the only one. 😂

[@nokaut456]

Who gives a fk...

[@thebookdetective8745]

@@nokaut456 😂😂 about you? Not even your mom.

[@s-m-abidnizam8247]

Now you specially Germany are paying two times higher price for US gas and are facing economic down fall. Is it very nice? 😂

[@franzspitterlos4008]

Learn some English

[@goranrajcevic5550]

​@@franzspitterlos4008learn some basic economics

[@akselmani]

It was 4 times, then 3-4 times, now it's 2 times. Next thing you know you will actually start saying the truth which is that LNG became cheaper than Russian gas. Can't wait for that day.

[@user-bs1zo3lg8f]

Зато Германия больше не зависит от Россиии, разви не это ли хотела Германия? Как иам говорил господин Шольц " Германия достигнет европейской солидарности", так что дальше.

[@Blashmack]

Nicer than what the Russians would have done in the future with a totally reliant Europe...

[@Samiskam]

You can make exactly the same documentary about any energy giant or other big corporation. There are always a story behind it.

[@stratos9212]

Amazing documentary

[@aleong.9566]

"Energy can be a reason for war in the Russian logic" - and that coming from an American. LOOOOL

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

It should be by anyones logic if they had a brain. Unfortunately apparently not everyone does. Better for us.

[@arbaz79]

As always an excellent documentary by DW regarding geopolitics ❤. Keep it up 👍.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks a lot, we're glad to hear you liked this one :)

[@nataliepodgainova6582]

And a wrong name on 49:38. It is not Kravchuk on the video.

[@oliverbrazier889]

Some good information and very thorough. However, could not work out purpose of episode. Was it Putin's history, Gazprom, weaponizing energy, ways of past conflicting with modern prioritizes, creed of west, or something else? All interesting topics but wished episode could of just focused on one.

[@deenfredericks7091]

Ladies and gentlemen this is your public broadcaster. You can have them.

[@vagabund6778]

Wie wär's denn mit SCHRÖDER und the rise of gazprom?

[@annalehman93941]

He was real patriot of Germany and German economics. He wants prosperity for Germany with cheap natural resources and big market for german products

[@billykorg5984]

Thanks a lot for taking the time. We kindly ask our viewers to comment on our channel in ENGLISH so that we can answer questions and encourage dialogue. Thank you and all the best. The DW Documentary team.

[@thecoin5394]

Gazprom is bad 😅 Exxon, Total, Chvron are good 😅

[@AMldn]

Yes, private companies vs state-owned

[@nicolasolton]

Yukos > Gazprom

[@davidanalyst671]

Gazprom is basically a branch of the Russian government, and the Russian government is has invaded Ukraine and is killing civilians.

[@jewels5340]

@@AMldn You’re naive to think Exxon and Chevron do not extensively lobby the US govt to drag us into oil wars and ignore a worsening climate crisis. If anything, they’re worse.

[@olegzbackends4203]

Everything is fine, but 49:40 this is not Leonid Kravchuk

[@browngreen933]

That looks like a Makarov pistol Putin is shooting at 40:20. I myself have an East German Stasi Makarov. 😂

[@Hellhound47]

Great find, Stalker.

[@NielsPoulsen]

So that is why a former German chancelor works with Gazprom?

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

GAZPROM has significant mercenaries as well

[@stylishtundra]

Sharing is Caring 😅❤😂

[@suffocated]

"You're giving soviet union hard currency and they will use that to build up their military" Essentially what any country in the world would do and what the US has been doing for ages. If others do it, it's concerning.

[@mariapetrova3698]

Вспомнила бабка как девкой была... 😊

[@user-oq8gz9gi9h]

Propagate bulleshit And misleading information Gaslight antagonists hypocrisy decipion manipulation media USA style Narrative

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks a lot for taking the time to comment. We kindly ask our viewers to comment on our channel in English so that we can answer questions and encourage dialogue. Thank you and all the best, The DW Documentary Team

[@mariapetrova3698]

@@DWDocumentary this is a Russian proverb in an ironic way. As if Munchausen were remembering his youth

[@billykorg5984]

​Why doesn't your team request the same under the german comment? Double standards?

[@pigroprenretetrankil537]

DW, please make a documentary on US imperialism, on French imperialism, the impact of slavery on "black" people

[@GonsalvoDeCordova]

Just anything historical, so long as we do not examine imperialism today, involving armies, tanks, dead people, and so on

[@sunny_ua]

49:38 whoever that dude is, he is not Leonid Kravchuk. There must be some mistake.

[@Ukie88]

Refineries are blowing up now..

[@AquariumRuss]

Fritz, why do you need gas when you have a trough?

[@yandexamazigh3775]

Ukraine is a pawn on the grand chessboard Brzezinski was well aware of the controversial nature of Ukraine's borders. in the Grand Exchequer Brzezinski says in after the death of communism if we want to weaken Russia it is in Ukraine that we must put the lever On page 104 in the Grand Exchequer he provides a quote showing that many people in the east of Ukraine wish to leave Ukraine since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A quote from the Moscow newspaper from 1996 states that “For the foreseeable future, events in eastern Ukraine pose a very difficult problem for Russia. Demonstrations of mass discontent... will be accompanied by appeals to Russia, even demands for control of the region.”

[@buravan1512]

*BRZEZINSKI is the Architect of this whole mess... even his SON, is currently the US Ambassador to POLAND.* He only got nominated to put his father's wishes in practice.

[@user-rr9ng9bo9l]

As Prussia was an army with a state, Russian Federation is a fossil fuel company with a state

[@athenakoios2418]

I don’t understand what is your issue with bypassing any country and getting direct supply . Ukraine proved on few occasions that is unreliable supplier . On top of that Ukraina was stilling Serbian and Bulgarian gas . 😊

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

Ukraine just gets shit on right left and center huh. I feel bad for their people.

[@Drew_TheRoadLessTraveled]

A message from Outback Australia... "We got gas and you got none".... do dar, do dar,