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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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..

[@PanAfricanist1963]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@flyoutchase]

Lmaoooooooooo

[@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

[@KamBar2020]

Never Say NEVER 😎 Justin Bieber

[@KENPRE_29]

😢​

[@macc240038]

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

[@zeosanduras9689]

Interesting

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@jithutjohnny4013]

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

[@chris33513]

Excellent documentary. Please prepare a follow up.

[@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

[@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….

[@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

[@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.

[@ОльгаБоголепова-щ2л]

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 :)

[@alexanderaghayan117]

Excellent presentation. Very high quality, deep analysis. Thank you DW for your high end programming

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and for your positive feedback! 😄

[@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

[@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'.

[@katsiaryna6128]

clearly you did not watch the video or you are simply not bright enough to understand it

[@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.

[@OlehDudkin]

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

[@drake560]

Who is then?

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@cte4dota]

Petro Dollar is biggest weapon of that kind

[@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

[@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🤠🤡

[@tinalund7262]

A good summary & report

[@FrankLin-z1q]

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.

[@Amir_Nassir]

@@romanzavsegolov4925

[@CarGuy1]

Excellent documentary, but the guy at 49:38 is most certainly NOT Leonid Kravchuk

[@valentinstoyanov304]

Thank you for this video!

[@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

[@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.

[@andybroomfield4041]

Really informative background. Thank you

[@PhamVans]

Great documentary!

[@rizaaliaj5633]

I am trying to understand what DW means?

[@AquariumRuss]

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

[@TheCallToAdventure3.0]

POV: Russian lesson on Duolingo while watching this

[@dagmegetachew3954]

Another big money approved by EU for Ukraine 😅😅😅

[@Givemeproofkid]

@@dagmegetachew3954why

[@yulinosifuentes4314]

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

[@ralphdary4182]

I'll read the "financials" for myself; thank you very much!

[@olegzbackends4203]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@hummer-e2l]

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...

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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!!

[@belmont8792]

HAPPY SUNDAY DW documentary 😊

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Mind blowing documentary 👌 🙌 👏 🙏 🙂

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@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.

[@athenakoios]

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.

[@NavigatEric]

Excellent documentary.

[@USrolexinvestors]

Great info thanx

[@nachoskyful]

this feels incomplete. where is part 2?

[@iqbalsohel9166]

probably censored

[@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.

[@RockedChad-ts7ch]

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

[@mynameisschezuan]

Europe used $700 mill a day on Russian gas vs US buying $800 mill of uranium each year..

[@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..

[@olysyuk]

49:39 is not Leonid Kracvhuk

[@andriybasko7809]

49:38 thats not Leonid Kravchuk

[@StPiter111]

Please, don't forget Russian oil, metalls, palladium, titanium, gold, platinum, diamonds, wood, timber, Uranium, electricity, weapons, nuclear power plants, nuclear ice brakers, hypersonic tech, food, grain, tourism, science, chemical products, farma, IT, etc😁 Please, pay your bills on time, friends🙂

[@Brontokoparka]

hypersonic tech, food, tourism - delete pls xD.

[@StPiter111]

@@Brontokoparka Russia exports a lot of grain around the world, especially after 2022😁 Our museums are full with Chinese and Muslim tourists. Our education system is one of the best since USSR. Russia is only country which has hypersonic tech. We're building the best new generation nuclear plants and nuclear ice brakers 😎 Please, stop believe in your own propaganda, respect yourself a little bit 😅

[@ShabbahCore]

@@StPiter111 You might... but is it all worth the cost, at the cost of normal people's lives... the average citizen? I know Russia isn't the dump people like to believe, but it seems like the balance, as in most other countries as well, isn't there.

[@StPiter111]

@@ShabbahCore Have you ever been in Moscow or Saint-Petersburg? My life conditions in London were much worse in 2005.

[@Brontokoparka]

@@StPiter111 Yes, must be true… thats why RU grain go only to Africa. Especially after 2022 when part of that export was stolen.Thats why hypersonic tech is so „successful” that it needs western made electronics to fly. Education in Russia is such high level that Domestic violence, crime, corruption is so allowed in Russia. Yes must be true that RU is popular tourist destination. And majority of countries don’t want to have anything to deal with Russians. Never seen any RU destination in travel agency. You ask me about respect and stop believing propaganda? Please…… seek for some help and stop believing this guy -> Vladimir Rudolfovich Solovyov. All that Russian „mir” deal is so bad thing that should be banned forever.

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

GAZPROM has significant mercenaries as well

[@francozheng5617]

DW is crying on Russia after their master blew up their pipeline and block LNG 😂

[@kentonian]

Yet Germany and the rest of Europe carry on regardless. Energy is back to cheap prices and we are all doing fine. Russia on the other hand… 😂

[@sollte1239]

Russian gas got way too expensive in 2022. So it's a good thing that Germany buys gas somewhere else now

[@miskomarkovic3446]

Thank you

[@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!

[@NielsPoulsen]

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

[@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'.

[@Sawdust-f4p]

Never 😳

[@yaqoobattal]

Empire 😂😂😂😂😂 You forgot to talk about the massive fleets of USA around the world with two biggest massacres of the 20th century, I mean in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@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.

[@Samiskam]

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

[@celestineobi4088]

I don't know why the west keep talking about Russian federation, everybody is talking about Russia despite having other issues on their hands

[@aghileshemdani3144]

What issues they have ?? Russia IS Big issue..

[@AntPictures]

It's a distraction.

[@СнежныйДжони]

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

[@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.

why dw is reuploading their docus under another name???

[@kevengagner8362]

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

[@jaypaige7550]

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

[@shahidanusrat6086]

As a Pakistani I fully support love respect and support Russia Belarus Ukraine and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂. Best regards from Pakistan 🙂 .

[@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

[@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.

[@OlBlow-qv6oz]

The fatal problem is Russia can only play the energy card once as Europe diversifies into American and Canadian energy. Even China and India can see the writing on the wall.

[@bonsorahim2913]

Some of yhw footage in yhis video is not made by DW. I watched same on RT

[@mariapetrova3698]

Вспомнила бабка как девкой была... 😊

[@Woodjack-z1g]

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?

[@iainamckenzie]

The US has been playing economic hard ball for decades, why expect Russia to do anything differently given half the chance. I guess the US don't like the idea of being on the receiving end of such power, hence the huge spanner in the works in the form of Ukraine and the Baltic states which NATO have managed to wield against Russia. Unfortunately I can only see this as hastening the decline of Europe as we pay the price in the form of higher energy costs.

[@DonnieTinaka]

EU,Ukraine and america will succeed. russia will fail

[@MegaRiddikulus]

​@@DonnieTinakaOkay 5 month old CIA troll

[@bolatsabikhan8127]

Make video about British petrolium, Total, Mobil, Shell history. How they robbed third worlds.

[@u5390]

What about diversification?

[@SteveUrlz]

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

[@TheMani52]

Russia was never a problem, we still get LNG Gas from Russia, and LNG Gas from the USA will stop at the end of the year

[@sanjuskaria3790]

Only point I understand watching geopolitics from a neutral perspective is West is not ready for multilateralism. If US accept Russia, China as global powers along with emerging economies like India, there is always chance of peaceful coexistence. Problem is military industrial complex in U.S is so powerful that almost 90% of politicians are influenced by their financial power. Hope Trump administration in future can make the world much peaceful

[@cptprice111]

and now the European military complex will also be affected and Europe will go to war

[@sollte1239]

Europe accepted multilateralism. That's the reason why Germany bought that much gas from Russia. But Germany is not accepting war in Europe.

[@tiamantrix8453]

the funniest part 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

[@sollte1239]

Russian Gas was for Germans extremely expensive in 2022. So why should Germany buy it.

[@tiamantrix8453]

@@sollte1239 Germany had long-term contracts for cheap gas, prices rose when these contracts were broken due to sanctions and when Nord Stream was blown up.

[@sollte1239]

@@tiamantrix8453 Prices went up before February 2022. So it went up before the war and before sanctions. You can look up gas Market prices easily. And after northstream was destroyed the gas Market price went down. Now the gas Market price is over 60 % lower than before February 2022.

[@Existence-zy4gb]

Ukraine already destroyed That oil refinery in Russia

[@tiamantrix8453]

I will write again that Germany bought gas at cheap prices under a long-term contract, which has nothing to do with prices on the market. Contract prices were lower and constant@@sollte1239

[@johnnyapplesmith]

Fantastic documentary DW! The detail, relentless dedication to uncover truth, and lengths you go to interview interesting people is admirable! My family and friends come from Siberia, I hope one day the republics of Siberia get independence and reclaim the resources that have been grabbed by Kremlin cronies.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and for your constructive feedback! :-)

[@mattss4725]

I watched Vice’s coverage back in 2014 of the initial invasion, it was shocking to see. Would love to see more on Ukraine from Vice.

[@volodymyrnekhay3951]

It wasn’t video of Ukraine’s president Kravchuk at 49.40

[@АлександарМилосављевиќ]

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 :^)

[@zi7099]

Germany's Car empire built on cheap energy from Russia: The rise of Gemany????

[@LilyPoirier-c4p]

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

[@mairepcod4063]

Thanks,

[@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.

[@mustafamusa6563]

Germany is like a woman who betrayed her husband who lived with her all these years. She complains about missing him😂😂

[@Drew_TheRoadLessTraveled]

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

[@Ironpancakemoose]

31:48 "when i saw the response to the speech back then i thought it was a bit naive to be so uncritical about a former member of the KGB" Like Germanys prime minister thats the former head of the Stasi???

[@vlkt282]

49:40 it's not him

[@detectiveofmoneypolitics]

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