Russia's Gazprom - Corrupt politicians and the greed of the west | 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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[@lisinsignage]

Thanks DW for this documentary. Just one remark re: title, seems "greed of Germany" would have been more appropriate than "greed of the west" imho.

[@doughnut68]

The western leaders are the most corrupted they all should be in jail are leaders have been corrupted by money everyone

[@zawiszaczarny7876]

Yeah right? when Poles and other eastern europeans screamed at this project thrown over our head as anti european, at expense of our security we were neglected, but now it's "greed of the west" Lamo...

[@politicalfoolsandhorses]

You are so right ! This depedancy on Russia Gas grew out of a German belief (Including Merkel) that a Russia bound in trade would have too much to risk in conflict with Europe, making Germany more secure while also profiting its economy. Putin made the best ever chess move to convince them - the vest one was when he hired Schröder untill he finally exposed how strong and confident he feels and made one mistake - tried to check mate Europe and invaded Ukraine. This SUDDEN and ABSOLUTELY UNEXPECTED MOVE by Putin lead German Politicians to WAKE UP FROM THEIR SLEEP - reconsidering their ties and trust with Russia DESPITE YEARS OF WARNING FROM THE US AND THE MAJORITY TO EU COUNTRIES AND ALLIES. Mr. Schröder has today become the most prominent face of that long era of miscalculation, not only because he expresses no regret but because he has also profited handsomely from it, earning millions promoting Russian energy interests.

[@hbarisic]

Exactly, but I guess it's hard for DW to put it that way

[@hbarisic]

Still, a great documentary

[@Loreless]

Meanwhile Bloomberg wrote that the German industry was doomed without russian gas.

[@anthonyferris8912]

Readjust.. Not every country has allowed itself to be dependent on russia.I

[@user-ci7vu7eo9w]

@@anthonyferris8912 yea,some are dependent on Arabs and they call themj terrorist 🤔😂

[@luigigritti158]

But most of European countries​@@anthonyferris8912

[@MACRONOne]

It is all about trade routes. Russia and China are working on the BRI- initiative (Belt and Road Initiative), the new silk road2.0. Where they want to connect trade pathways to Africa, India, The Middle East and Europe, The US doesn't want this because, they lose revenue and don't want Europe, Russia and China to become partners. That's why they blew up Nordstream in the first place. That's why they overthrew Yanukovich and installed their puppets. Europe now had to pay more for its imported energy from the US. That's what it's all about.

[@Dotalol123]

@@anthonyferris8912 Its not about "dependency" its about competitiveness, cheaper inputs = greater profits. If they import expensive inputs(Gas, raw materials) their products become more expensive and they are less competitive on the market, 90% of people when they buy a product they look at the price tag, this is economy 101 its not some advanced concept...

[@TheMarzenaAleksandra]

And Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia had been jointly sending alert signals concerning this issue for years or even decades... But who would take seriously a bunch of poor dwarf states with a post-soviet PTSD syndrome... 😔. Thank you for posting this documentary. Hugs from 🇵🇱

[@mariusvanc]

They ignored Poland, laughed at Trump. Now everyone is paying the price.

[@AtomEyed]

well if you would know the history of poland i wouldn't feel sorry for them back in WW 2 they helped nazi germany attack Slovakia and denied the russians the passage to help Slovakia from the attack talking about PTSD yes sure poland had partizans becouse they didn't give a crap about the goverment and seen they are corrupt af and even the partizans joined the russians and colaborated to defeat nazi germany after it came to an end poland got overrunned by germany and got treaten like slaves and there was yes a huge battlefield in poland between USSR and germany now remember how they let germany invade russia and they builded like slaves tanks for them what do you think they deserved after the backstabing on russia after the war was over ? did you expect a smile and coffee and cookies the backstab on slovakia literally opened the doors so they attacked the whole balkan and where does poland go now again supporting a regime that is supporting nazism in ukraine that bombed since 2014 ethnic russians in donbass just becouse they are russians and now all of a sudden all refugees that u toke from ukraine u send back in ukraine (MALES) to fight russians and call them cowards from running from a war that they knew it's going to happen and don't want to support a corrupt nazism goverment i don't say don't support ukraine i support the people of ukraine and wish them to be alive and healthy and to stay strong put in the conflict i support the russian forces for deffending something that people don't know becouse this war started by ukraine in 2014 i love both ukraine and russia and it just makes me sad what the west is doing right now to those 2 countries think about it when even ukrainian people litteraly make right now making target practice paper of zelenskys head i know how it ends and ukraine will be after the war in a huge debt to usa and EU do you thing those aids are for free noooo nothing is for free and ukraine payed lifes for an idiot that got controlled by the west right now it's all comming up and people start to wake up and see who the goverment of ukraine is and after the war just wait they are going to talk again about (ukraine the most corrupt country of the world documentary) just google theguardian US news is a pro ukrainian media now when the war is over they trash talk it again about the corruption and the nazi problem it had or still will have

[@Blanka1100]

Everyone? Russia's neighbours, Poland included, will pay the price as always and nany French or Germans still could not care less about Eastern Europe and they think it is "some slavic mess" they do not have to be a part of. All they care about is their own early retirement, morning coffee and keeping their own comfort zone. If Ukraine failed in first 3 days of war, they would go back to bussines as usual with Putin. @@mariusvanc

[@cyobytm]

I m from romania and i salute poland, poland has strongly send the alerts all the times, i like how you invest in military now

[@lauralau9746]

💯

[@dimitriosharisis]

Beautiful piece of journalism. As long as corrupt politicians are not punished, this will continue and it will cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

[@kat-75]

They will all be held to account by God even if not by men.

[@marius-cristianplesca1983]

They are punished,they are going to Dubai with them yachts or personal planes...😂😂😂

[@amriksinghtziripouloff8627]

Since the end of WW2 the German people have learn to think more by themself and resist better propaganda but it seems that personally you are blinded by propaganda, globalist this time, not unlike those who trusted Goebels with other lies in the thirties.

[@badrobotNG]

You do know the Ukrainian president bought a yatch....

[@lauralau9746]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@ps-dn7ce]

This is an excellent documentary. Everybody in Germany and Austria should watch it.

[@BetterLifeCreations]

Absolutely agree 👍

[@user-bz3hv7nt1p]

We don't really need it, most of us Germans know all these informations. Just a new view is interesting. Most hate Schröder for what he did and Mrs. Merkel is recognized as very controversial. The opinion of our people is NOT what the government does. Mr. Scholz is very controversial too. As our eastern inhabitans are very fond of russia there is a huge gap. Either fully support Ukraine with EVERYTHING like me or as followers of Sarah Wagenknecht - NOTHING. Scholz has a opinion in the middle so he makes most of us angry! He gets extremely low agreement of his politics. Yours Kai from Germany

[@theresaadams7143]

​@user-bz3hv7nt1p 😅good luck buying freedom gas from your boss the 🇺🇸

[@DARDA360]

@@user-bz3hv7nt1p Thank you for shining light on this.

[@TheMarzenaAleksandra]

Agree. Hugs from Poland 🙂

[@JusticeAlways]

Germany needs to take a hard look at revitalization of nuclear energy.

[@innelator6941]

True, saying no to nuclear energy was stupid. Now it’s gonna be tough to build lots of stations, as French company costs tons of money and usually requires more time than intended. And they won’t buy stations from Russia or China because of stupid political reasons.

[@furai-ingfalc-kuru8149]

Every gov't is the same, no matter where in the world. Golden handshakes are everywhere and never investigated because those who could do anything want one too

[@danijelamali8467]

Calm down, it's not Third Reich anymore.

[@user-xg2pd3ek9u]

Needs to needed to.. Germanys movement away from it was completely foolish. At least all those corrupt smiling german politicians were well compensated. Merkel was a huge scam people bought into because she looked like someones sweet grandma.

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

It would be so nice to see that massive amount of capital humanity has get invested into Fusion research. I know ITER exist and it isn't exactly cheap, but the funding it gets is still an absolute joke compared to military spending, the petrochemical industry, etc... Things really don't have to be this way our society is organized so stupidly compared to our understanding of the world

[@user-se9uk2py5k]

Lobbyist Gerhard Schröder should be prosecuted for using his position to jeopardize energy security for his own personal interest

[@ankpms830]

He did good for his country, joe biden shall be prosecuted for destroying Germany most important infrastructure

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

Schroeder secured Cheap energy from Russia. Allowed German Industries to compete globally. 2024 and Dumbass Sholz has Germany paying 4X the price of gas from USA and Germany is Deindustrializing. 😂 So much so that Russia has overtaken Germany as the largest economy in Europe in less than 2 years lol.

[@giod6266]

100 %!

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

Merkel was clever to not has taken some kind of bribe from the East, (as her collegue did), but she's done not less harm to the safety of her country. And bears absolutely no responcibility for that, as it appears.

[@donkalzone6671]

Now germany ist extremly dependend on the US. As trading "partner", in terms of energy, military and bigTech. The real criminals are those politicans that turn germany more and more in a puppet-state for the US.

[@dweb]

This may clarify the slow walking of military support to Ukraine.

[@zawiszaczarny7876]

Not only, also giving Putin an idea that he can invade and Europe will not react, and looking at the German response of fifth column for almost a year, the only thing that changed that course was the fact Putin misscalculated and Ukraine did not fall in one week as expected. In that matter Germany was complicant in this invasion or they really were the most useful idiots in existance.

[@6thface]

Fascists flock together.

[@tonrotterdam]

The Republican Party and the conservative movement in general in the US has also been completely corrupted by the Kremlin.

[@aurele2]

Is not their war frankly.

[@giod6266]

@@aurele2 Ofc it is! Undirectly for now, but will be directly in future if Ukraine loses the war..

[@ssir5927]

13:28 Chechenia was NOT a Soviet Republic, it was a Autonomous Republic WITHIN the Russian Federal Republic.

[@innelator6941]

It’s western history, not a real one.

[@jessierecords8606]

hypocrisy and damage control laughable

[@cretzuku91]

40% dependency on a foreign country gas supply is madness. It doesn’t need to be from Russia or any other country. How easily you can get manipulated. Its like owning 40% of Germany

[@talijahtalijah1258]

That's what Germany does, when it depends it becomes overly done and it is problematic.

[@counterr6750]

It’s ok to be an importer of something vital, it’s just fate. But 40% from a single country with no diversification and to pick Russia of all countries is some serious historic-level clowning. The documentary didn’t mention Putin’s thesis from higher education - it was literally on energy and how to use it as a weapon. Would be a nice cherry on the top.

[@UmeshPithadia]

Same as india🇮🇳 x​@@counterr6750

[@stephenhill545]

It was 60%.

[@nurkholiq1931]

Germany is still curious about Russia

[@frostflower5555]

Long live the Slavs!

[@lawerancelanham]

What this is telling me is, EVERYONE is good at propoganda. This side, that side, the inside, and outside...all sides seem to be full of it. Why? Because they have to try so hard to convince us. When we're given nothing but sales pitches all of the time on what and how to think, that's why were getting the shaft all the time. Don't believe everything you see or hear. Think for yourself, ask real questions.

[@faith4freedom76]

🤝

[@coolbreeze6198]

I was just thinking the same thing !!!! 👍

[@theaceofknaves3285]

The real question @DW Documentary, is, who blew up the nord stream. Definitely not Russia. Imagine if the did, DW would have made 10 propaganda docu by now

[@Dimitrylicious]

I love you

[@juliaeco481]

This comment is a bright example of one of key aspect of Russian propaganda methods, which is based around the following: do not believe anything, we don't know the truth, verything is so uncertain, don't trust the FACTS. The creation of delusion when there is a clear evidence. This is how Russia convinced its citizens that massacre in Bucha and Izyum were not real. You commenter, tovarish russki bot, how many extra rubles are you paid for this comment in English?

[@Blanka1100]

I have always admired Radek Sikorski's no bs attitute. I am so glad he is Poland's new FM now. We need him more than ever.

[@W_Bin]

Watch Reset. Though you're probably a troll employed by his administration.

[@samuelamoah5002]

This is the second Gazprom documentary I have watched by DW in a space of one week, and in all they fail to mention that cheap Russian gas made the German economy strong throughout Europe. They fail to talk about it either due to negligence or willful ignorance.

[@eoincollins379]

Same as they don't mention nord stream or want public to know the only country the explosion helped was the USA with its 33 trillion in death.

[@a_random_voice_in_the_void]

They failed to mention it, because that’s not the point, кукольный.

[@David-lm2tl]

they fail to mention it because both sides love it. We all love cheap gas and it reigns true

[@samuelamoah5002]

@@David-lm2tl At the very least they should be honest about it.

[@archillominadze3055]

Dealing cocaine also makes people rich.

[@takuan650]

The bottom line is always greed and power for control. There seems to be nothing else to life for politicians and shareholders.

[@fsimonab.2068]

This documentary coming out right after the Tucker interview with Putin … 😅

[@macc240038]

This is not the first documentary on this issue that comes out through many sources. Maybe the first one you've seen therefore your uneducated comment.

[@fsimonab.2068]

@@macc240038😂😂😂😂 you little angry?

[@aaaa.7897]

@@macc240038 Recycled propaganda.

[@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931]

Schröder, what to say about that guy. There is blood on his hands.

[@mithunkartha]

Gerhard looks very very happy 😂

[@Ukie88]

As long as big greed reigns humanity is doomed.

[@solarlight10]

Humanity is pathetic only existing to accumulate

[@thatomolokwe5736]

😊

[@TheSageCommander]

wow, the wisdom is dripping off your naivety.

[@ghosthdel3098]

greed always reign, it is part of humanity

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@TheSageCommander The perfect combination of willful ignorance and stupidity in one comment . . . congratulations.

[@Sampachimfwembe]

nice timing for this documentary DW

[@sikemo9432]

Funny how in Germany nobody's concealing anything, complete transparency and complete lack of consequences. Very funny indeed

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

Yeah, Schroeder openly gettin "royalties" for propulsion of another country's interests- a reàlly remarkable spectacle!😁

[@ravenblack7052]

Except the part played by Victoria Nuland in the little incident contrived by the US called "regime change" in Ukraine. Gotta love the tapes that were leaked with Victoria's now famous epithet: " eff the EU!". Right under the carpet... nothing for DW to see there... But knowing how DW operates, it's highly unlikely that this documentary is something they themselves have produced, but instead have acquired rights to.

[@d.sertsedesta4106]

DW, don’t confuse audiences. Russia didn’t force anyone to buy its gas. All was a mutual benefit. German economy was strong because of Russian cheap energy. Without it, it is collapsing now.

[@joecurran2811]

'collapsing' ffs

[@briant5685]

well Germany can kiss goodbye to its industrial competitiveness, no more cheap energy meaning high cost of production and living, Russia might be the ''boogie man'' but German can at a big percentage thank its economic prosperity to the cheap Russian gas '

[@beniceandhappy]

Make the documentry on end of German economy. Bro Germany is not independent and is occupied nation because the Europe is afraid of strong Germany. Who fear who?

[@RodicaMihutArmando]

Thank you for this documentation. DW. it should also be on all social media. You really make the best documentaries. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@skitcompany]

So this is the response to the Tucker's interview?

[@Dimitrylicious]

Seems that way. Its wack tho

[@fsimonab.2068]

😂😂😂😂 for sure …but is a very weak one …

[@numbersix8919]

Yes. "Putin's global agenda." DW staff are tools of our so-called ruling elites.

[@theresaadams7143]

A reload with a new segment of a negative spin on Putin.

[@d.c.8828]

Sure seems like it.

[@user-bz8ks4bp6t]

- 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??? - 😆😂

[@Sami-Nasr]

Americans tried to make America great again but the found that is not doable, then they found that: make everyone else weak again is doable and it achieves the same purpose

[@Cola_Dulz]

America is a convenient excuse for anything

[@1112viggo]

Problem is that by making everyone weaker you also multiply the strength of everyone by uniting them against you.

[@6thface]

Take a piss. Most Ameircans support the war in Ukraine. Some of us know the blood we spilled to stop fascism and win the first cold war last century.

[@colbeto24]

PROPAGANDA, they are F disperate

[@snazzysailor]

Is this a reupload?

[@arbaz79]

No this is Part 2.

[@olek8680]

Finally someone is talking about it directly

[@ozgurcetin3791]

You can watch KZbin every day

[@user-fv5ol4or1b]

No words can describe how highly I think of the team that worked on this documentary. Excellent job.

[@luffirton]

This is really fascinating, it really shows an important part of European history. Didn’t age well for Germany 🇩🇪, direct your lobbying work in Brussels to create new pipelines from UK and Norway instead, reliable friendly partners.

[@arbaz79]

Another superb documentary by DW regarding geopolitics❤.

[@stupidjaff]

Why not show what Shell is doing in Nigeria.

[@chukwuemekaokeke6944]

Very true.....

[@toyotaprius79]

For decades

[@elkino3794]

Because it is a German company, talking about Europe and Germany in particular. Your comment falls within the classic definition of whataboutism.

[@derunsympath]

@@elkino3794 people still making whataboutism claims in 2024😂

[@AMldn]

Because nobody cares of what happening in the colonies 😂

[@kyleturley7098]

But Norway has more than enough. They even have unexplored segments that far outweigh the gas and oil Russia will ever produce. It seems that there’s some type of other deals being made.

[@riskinhos]

but it's more expensive. want your gas and electricity bill to be 5 times more expensive? how do you think people would react? and germans are fucking stupid. france is doing perfectly fine with loads of nuclear energy without any problem whatsoever and they don't depend on russia

[@catalinnm5328]

Putin can easily rip off the russian people of their gas resources hence a lower price it would be much harder to do the same thing in Norway which is a stable democracy and people are more knowledgeable of their own rights.

[@felipe-vibor]

​@@catalinnm5328your assumption is Russians are dumb

[@MACRONOne]

No DW. Stop spreading Russophobe propaganda, quite being the US vassals that you are! It is all about trade routes. Russia and China are working on the BRI- initiative (Belt and Road Initiative), the new silk road2.0. Where they want to connect trade pathways to Africa, India, The Middle East and Europe, The US doesn't want this because, they lose revenue and don't want Europe, Russia and China to become partners. That's why they blew up Nordstream in the first place. That's why they overthrew Yanukovich and installed their puppets. Europe now had to pay more for its imported energy from the US. That's what it's all about.

[@Spoon89803]

Sentiments aside, your insinuation is incredibly incorrect. Norway’s geologically proven and unexplored reserves are a fraction of Russia’s and they do not have the infrastructure in place to supply most of Europe in the volume that would be sufficient to see to their needs on the continent. Furthermore, environmental movements in the country are quite influential and represent a strong impediment to any proposals to expand Norway’s infrastructure and capacity to produce and export more gas. Now even with the capacity they have at the moment, the strict environmental laws and additional provisions for contract stipulations and other provisions for cross border trade add more to the cost of Norwegian gas. In essence, Russian gas is still by far the cheapest and best alternative and this is why Angela Merkel threw her country into deepening the energy relationship with Russia further than her predecessor.

[@jim2376]

Lesson: don't become dependent on a dictatorship

[@smithcoder6834]

brussels und washington

[@jim2376]

@@smithcoder6834 Neither of which is a dictatorship. Swing and a miss. Enroll in a political science course. Wakey, wakey!

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

Nothing new. Actually, it was 100% predictable at least since 2007.

[@innelator6941]

@@jim2376how is USA, driven by corruption of corporations, hegemony is different?

[@unknown2723]

@@innelator6941 what are the cooperation that run usa ? Can u name ? Didn't u see what happened to fb CEO few days ago ? One of biggest cooperation ? Don't u know 5 years ago governs of usa was bit different than today while some eu country still maintain their corrupt royal families 😂. That true sometimes wrong choice can be have . But not for long . Better than rulers that can't be changed easily. They are good If they are good at least for their country ,but history shows us most of times how bad they are even for their own country . Putin can be that one good ruler at least for their country ,don't know what can happen in future ,seems like good one. But that doesn't mean next one can't be edi Amin .he was also good leader for small time.

[@rafanadir6958]

Why is noone talking about the Turkish stream which goes through Bulgaria?

[@Herodotus__]

Turkey is in NATO😂😂😂

[@rafanadir6958]

@@Herodotus__ bulgaria is in both nato and eu

[@numbersix8919]

Because -Russia- the United States is bent on world domination.

[@felipe-vibor]

It works just fine. The Germans would prefer to buy from that pipeline rather than their own

[@W_Bin]

Very well put together.

[@belizarius_997]

In January 2022 the European Commission endorsed fossil gas as a “transition” fuel. The decision had been fiercely fought over by EU member states. Germany and much of Central and Eastern Europe had supported gas’s inclusion while nations like Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Austria had opposed it.

[@prodromosregalides3402]

If Europe wanted to be energy independent , it could, but this would not bode well, with almost any fossil fuel owner in the world Plus... It has its own fossil fuel deposits. It has the know-how for nuclear energy and about any form of renewable energy . That said, the "dependency" worry is without merit, in the fact that you change your depndencies from Russia to Middle East. You still maintain a dependency , the question is to whom. People prefer to keep a depndency to the Middle East, as it is deemed more controllable. I am not convinced. The excuses are posted frontline , the real reasons are held behind. And the real reason is financial dominance. Not sure this is a sustainable policy .

[@user-uu2lr1gs8r]

I really admire the courage DW has to broadcast this documentary. continue the good work.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching. 😊

[@freeloader247]

Courage lol)) it goes well along Baerbock narrative. It be courageous if they do a documentary about US LNG and why it cost 4 times more

[@theresaadams7143]

Putin said Germany can use the undamaged nordstream pipeline. Why is poland and ukraine stopping the Yamal gas pipelines to go to Germany? Now, the Wolf of Wallstreet is selling LNG at four times the price to Germany.

[@blacklion8208]

One thing for sure, Germany almost lost it's sovereignty. Thank you DW for fitting in the pieces of the puzzle.

[@visitwave]

Re-upload?

[@gibonsmwabukusi3076]

Yes😅😅

[@somerandomfella]

Repackaged..

[@MrNogebator]

New serie

[@julienckjm7430]

I thought I was the only one who noticed 😅😅

[@julienckjm7430]

​@@somerandomfella Exactly, I've already seen these footage

[@W_Bin]

You missed out that it was Polish administration PiS which almost single-handedly opposed Russian influence and fuel dependence. Sikorsky and the Tusk Government did the opposite in 2007-2014. They removed Poland's veto on Russian involvement in European and world institutions, and supported the German fuel dependence, and the invasions of Georgia and Ukraine. Despite the fact that Putin's economic blacklisting of Poland wasn't removed. Tusk/Sikorsky seem very skillful at rewriting history, both whitewashing their instrumental part in this, and blackening the PiS a conservative centre-left government they branded as "right wing nationalist". See the documentary series "Reset".

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

"Collective denial of reality". These words exactly describe Schroeder/Merkel's (and their accomplices') policy of helping Gazprom in its "special gas operation".

[@SunsEutopianWorld]

9:30 when Russia and Germany do something together, we dont like it, we feel threatened by it🤨🤔

[@captainalex157]

i mean if you know history you get why poles feel uneasy about that.

[@eoincollins379]

​@@captainalex157you mean the prussians, the actual Germans who fought the most and loved it in 2 world wars. You may know a little about history sir but your geography let's you down.

[@innelator6941]

@@eoincollins379chill, it was just a joke

[@eoincollins379]

@innelator6941 irish sarcastic humour sir. 🙄 hence the sir, sir. 😎 chill. Mate, it's utube. Dont take anything serious or get so upset you become a knight rushing to defend a utube damsel you don't know

[@innelator6941]

@@eoincollins379 🤝

[@toyotaprius79]

Never leave British Petroleum out of the picture

[@scoutaz]

Mr. Schulz is saying no government talking about energy boicott, I'm pretty sure Poland and Lithuania were suggesting that, but who listens to them, right?

[@pcopeland15]

Thank you for this story. An informative piece of journalism. Now cover the sequence of events surrounding Exxon Mobile's contracts to develop Ukrainian gas fields over the last decade and a half, and where those fields are believed to be located. It perhaps adds another dimension. I am not saying look for some smoking gun or that there is some form of conspiracy. Resource development decisions are handled in a very low key manner. There is a financial, and resource development and allocation, component of in any geopolitical decision. Prior to Russian military action in Ukraine, Germany's reliance on Russian gas, may have seemed a very smart decision.

[@24killsequalMOAB]

It is only smart in the circumstance of Ukraine remaining completely neutral politically

[@robertlee6338]

Russian oil is still plentiful in USA and EU via Indian and UAE petroleum

[@briansmith9439]

Define "plentiful" - what is the percentage of, and types of, Russian products available to the U.S. market or in the U.S. market? The data is available online from the US government and from a couple independent NGA/O's. Is 5% plentiful? Refined? Unrefined? As the US storage capacity is at an all-time high, the country has no need for any foreign crude oil products.

[@endintiers]

Oil now comes from the US and gas from Australia.

[@ravis.9937]

It was a threat to the corrupt US petrol Dollar, Euro became very strong hence Germany benefited, the US presses a button and prints money they dont want Germany to do the same ? the threat of dependency on Russia was made up and exaggerated by Americans and Brits, Americans had to compete with Euro and Brits losing the middle man fees for its companies

[@sambassil7825]

DW is right, they’re the best analytical channel in the world now.

[@anna_m59]

My family moved to US 25 years ago and majority of your family members lives in west europe. The news that we hear in United States doesn’t ever match up with the actually news in Western Europe.. that a clue right there !

[@V8-friendly]

follow the money…

[@dns7587]

germany is no more an industrial superpower... but hey lets talk about corruption in gazprom..

[@timtowers7997]

German gdp= $US4.26 trillion. Russian gdp= $US1.86 trillion. Russia is a supplier of raw materials, Germany has a fully intergrated economy with high standard of education and the production of a wide range of technologically advanced products. Their economy has suffered an inflationary shock, but not a collapse, due to the increased price of gas.

[@ankpms830]

​@@timtowers7997 thd US just holding supply if LNG.....good bye Germany

[@preetranjanbansal6234]

Germany industry will not compete with China, usa, India in future u will see when u got raw materials which r costly and other countries r getting cheap u can't compete in today business environment

[@user-ci7vu7eo9w]

@@preetranjanbansal6234 it will easely

[@rohithsings8787]

@@timtowers7997 it is a economic power because of russian cheap gas and oil .see the differnce they dint supply gas for one year(germany is still gettinng gas via third party from russia) ,you can see the industrial shock .Germany should look for its people (as they did in past) instead of noding to american polticians wishes

[@sunroad7228]

“In any system of energy, Control is what consumes energy the most. No energy store holds enough energy to extract an amount of energy equal to the total energy it stores. No system of energy can deliver sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it. This universal truth applies to all systems. Energy, like time, flows from past to future” (2017).

[@tylerdurden3722]

Maybe if we use open fuel tanks, no fuel lines to control it, and just let the fuel fumes make it's own way into the intake, that would reduce control of the energy and because controlling with tanks, pumps and fuel lines consumes most of the energy in a car's enery system, refucing control would make these freed fume powered engines more efficient than conventional controlled engines

[@numbersix8919]

The last sentence is very nice. The things you wrote before that are "not even wrong."

[@sunroad7228]

@@numbersix8919What's called the theatrical Ukraine War is a camouflage to keep the Russian natural gas and oil piped into W. Europe uninterrupted - while not-suspecting people think them stopped - looted?

[@AdvocateOfJamaica]

Not that I'm defending Russia, but how is Russia's "weaponizing" of oil & gas any different from what the US is doing with the USD and the SWIFT system or other forms of economic sanctions? Complaining about what Russia is doing, from what I see, is like the kettle calling the pot black.

[@duhni4551]

This isn't just about USA and Russia, it involves multiple nations.

[@macc240038]

It's different in a basic way. People use fuel to heat their homes and keep their children warm throughout the cold winter months. Yours is an inaccurate comparison on many levels.

[@pyotrbagration2438]

@@macc240038 Nice mental gymnastics, dont blow up the pipeline if you care about freezing children.

[@phil__K]

Its very different. But even if it weren't - whats your point?

[@AdvocateOfJamaica]

@@phil__K No, it isn't different. They're both using the tools that they have at their disposal to get the outcome they want--by any means necessary. And that's the point, it's hypocritical to point the finger at Russia, when they (the US) have done the exact same thing.

[@faithvirtue6524]

Now do Shell, BP, Exxon, Citgo, etc… Hypocrites.

[@alperenbastiat]

Video was uploaded 15 minutes ago, how could've you watched it in 7 minutes?

[@edmundleung2098]

And I am still watching it.

[@PLTommia]

​@@alperenbastiathe didn't watch it all

[@gibonsmwabukusi3076]

Reposted

[@AdrianAlexandru]

whatabout whatabout whatabout The eternal technique of the vatnik bot. 🤣🤣🤣

[@rahimamin4967]

From cheap Russian energy to the Amerikan expensive energy😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Europe is brainles! No wonder, why Europa falling down!!

[@FerdBrowne]

Bot

[@jackbleiham8475]

​@FerdBrowne ...bot but😂true

[@Hookooo]

@@jackbleiham8475 Is it?

[@supergogu2011]

More good news - “Biden pauses LNG export approvals after pressure from climate activists” 😂😂😂

[@axor22]

Shame on Germany and thank you DW

[@d.c.8828]

Interesting language they use. "The managers OOZE with self-confidence"--WOW!

[@busterdan22]

This is a brilliant piece of propaganda to convince the people that Germany is right to support Ukraine and to keep supporting them. I'm waiting for the follow up because there will be as this is how propaganda works..

[@gabe8390]

Thanks for this good summary. In these times it is important to summarize the years of what went wrong with Russia. As a German, I am angry at ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, whom I myself voted for back then. He and Putin, who had a great friendship between men, greatly promoted each other's careers. There was also a small scandal in Germany when Schröder suddenly accepted a highly paid job at Gazprom after his term in office. Nobody was informed about this in advance, not even his party. He was Putin's plaything. Putin is trying to play states off against each other. Just like he did with Zelensky back then, DE should turn to him. A few days ago in the interview with the American Tucker Carlson the same thing happened. He offered the Americans to extradite an American journalist who is imprisoned as an agent in Russia. In return he demands the exchange of his "patriot" from Germany, who is condemned as a Tiergarten murderer by us. He wants to show that DE is the vasall of the Americans. So he wants a deal between a supposed agent and a murderer. This shows who Putin is. He is and remains an old KGB man and plays his old games. The game is over!

[@crystalfurner1013]

you cant be serious 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣,, i bet you support the NAZI UPRISING

[@gabe8390]

@@crystalfurner1013 You mean the uprising of the Russian Wagner mercenaries. Dmitri Utkin, who was killed with Prigozhin in the plane explosion, was the founder of the group and chose the name Wagner because of his admiration for Nazi Germany and had a tattoo of a swastika.

[@2CabrasLocas]

Good Ol American Russia hate rhetoric. LOL!!

[@flyoutchase]

Hopefully Episode 3 talks about how the USA interfered with Ukraine politics to get the EU off cheap russian gas and now on to expensive USA gas…simultaneously destroying the german economy

[@supergogu2011]

USA is a reliable energy partner. Breaking news - Biden pauses LNG export approvals after pressure from climate activists 😂😂😂

[@cartestgroupoy2441]

You can use it as ventilation pipe also if you go with different living and global warming

[@harris8401]

These DW docs r great...greetings from🇫🇮

[@TB-rm7oq]

Indoctrination

[@ajrpromotions]

Look around EU, the German economy is been destroyed, farmers across the EU are protesting, and they talk about Russia, wake up

[@buravan1512]

Sponsored by US Think tanks.😂

[@manithan134]

Its negligible when compared to corrupted politicians in Germany

[@jrtstrategicapital560]

People want peace and security….our leaders want conflict and $$$. “Gas and oil is a drug…we’re addicted”. Epic.

[@Pchelekk]

Peace and security never existed on this planet, important lesson to learn.

[@remcovanek2]

We need to go full scale renewable energy with innovation on battery technology

[@Spoon89803]

This was a very well made documentary but adding commentators that represent the US political establishment, considering how prejudiced they may be, should have been counterbalanced with interviews from Russian officials. The U.S has for the past century used energy as a weapon as well in pursuing its own political and global agenda, the most popular example of this is the petrodollars and the sanctions mechanism; this fact alone is the reason why a balance would have really helped to give viewers a more balanced perspective. The truth is that Russian gas was a realistic and easy alternative for the Germans. Norway lacks the infrastructure and their gas reserves are but a fraction of Russia’s which represents an eventual limitation to supply; in addition, the environmentalists are quite influential in those Scandinavian countries, especially Norway, which represents an impediment to any moves to increase exploration and raise capacity. Trying to simplify Germany’s dependence on Russia by calling out the greed of politicians seems childish because the E.U. has already shown time and time again that it is governed by greed, one of the most popular of such a case would have to be the former vice president of the E.U. parliament Eva Kaili. Greed is a common trait of being a politician, it is what fuels their ambitions and helps them fund their campaigns. However, with Russian gas, I wouldn’t be too quick to blame the German political establishment for being incompetent. It is not a weakness to seek deep economic ties with your neighbor as a deterrent to future hostilities.

[@pcopeland15]

Greed or profit? A question of degree, wealth distribution and management, and transparency. Who profits? How is the profit managed?

[@luffirton]

That’s all well and good if your neighbor can be trusted but that’s not the case anymore and until something changes by the neighbor to reaching out and showing there trustworthy with actions, this really did age badly and mostly because there where so many signs throughout the decades that it’s not possible to trust them.

[@pcopeland15]

@@luffirton Military intervention alters many pre-existing assumptions.

[@stopputinnow1631]

Bravo! Danke !!!

[@clovisdacruz6078]

Germany was really naive to think that doing business with Russia would bring peace. Really stupid.

[@martynasv5384]

Germany at it again too bad.

[@jaarb]

Someone really thinks that it was about peace not cheap Russian gas to keep going German industry?xd

[@brianmatsika8628]

Germany is being dragged in mud by their Western partners, they’re not acting in their own interest, this is the challenge with alliances you end up making decisions that are not in your national interests

[@6thface]

Yeah, but frogs always get sting by the scorpion, and yes Germans are the new frogs (the neighbor that thinks there will never be another world war).

[@striker44]

This is all about western greed and cheap gas for high lifestyles. Nothing to do with ethics, integrity, peace and humanity.

[@simmysims9209]

Investigation is needed.

[@RedMustang-jw7ec]

I remember seeing pipelines being placed for Russian gas here in the Netherlands back in 2008. Already had a bad feeling about that back then.

[@qravenp]

Ben je blij met de huidige prijzen die we betalen voor amerikaans gas? Northstream was een act of war tegen een navo bondgenoot

[@remib4997]

Increadible documentary, again. Thank you Dw.

[@KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza]

Can we talk about Raytheon, nd other companies? Are you gonna upload something like that

[@TheStockwell]

Can we talk about changing the subject and Whataboutism? 🙄

[@KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza]

@@TheStockwell can we talk about jesters? You seem to be a professional of that and the arts of it

[@MusehanaH]

Nah, Biden won't allow it 🤣

[@fringetravelideas]

Raytheon is based AF. I always vote for more money to MIC

[@fringetravelideas]

Raytheon is based AF. I always vote for more money to MIC

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

My friend Dobroslav in Plovdiv says that all Russia wants is control. They will not change anything or make trouble. I remember when he had few options for employment at the low wages of Bulgaria persisted long after 1991. Even during the beginning of the opening of ties with the EU, Bulgaria was slow to open it's economy to outside competition. I wonder now as Dobroslav has the ability to work for a company in Plovdiv that is a contractor for Lieb Herr, and making roughly twice more than he was only five years ago, would he be willing to give a single country like Russia so much control in the running of business in Bulgaria again. Would he want to return to the Take it or leave it low pay days of the not too distant past? No, Russia is a monopoly and a one horse economy by far. Sure they had a once prosperous defense industry, but until they can show weapons survivability again, many will shun Russian military technology in the future. Russia may some day reenter that business market, but only after her Ukraine problem is subdued, and that seems to be taking a lot longer than planned. And if they can find a buyer for their weapons, like their oil, the products will probably have to be sold at a large discount in order to attract attention.

[@richardnunziata3221]

Don't forget Belt and Road a direct copy of the worst aspects of corporate imperialism

[@romanpetrovsky999]

Excellent documentary 👍

[@RightSideNews]

Have I seen this already?

[@numbersix8919]

Yes, and you'll be seeing it every week from now on.

[@RightSideNews]

@@numbersix8919 cool so fun

[@arbaz79]

This is Part 2

[@olenievart]

The moment of understanding.

[@froggywam]

While Russia has a lot of Fossil Fuels, you need to remember that these fuels are in spread out and isolated locations. This makes it very expensive to extract and produce. With sanctions and competition, Russia will not be able to make revenues based on the extraction of these resources, at least not nearly the extent they were pre 2022.

[@thegreatdane3627]

relying on russian gas was always a bad idea. But at least that is over now, russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again.

[@conniekabasharira7084]

Aren't you buying it through a third party and paying extra for it?

[@thegreatdane3627]

@@conniekabasharira7084 Not as far as i know? Can you provide any data to support that claim?

[@vasili-jy8yb]

@@thegreatdane3627 Lmao data? It is an open fact that Russian oil goes to India, India refines it and then exports it to Europe

[@thegreatdane3627]

@@vasili-jy8yb oil yes, natural gas no. Do you know the difference between oil and gas, or do i really have to explain that to you?

[@omachiimmanuel3123]

Europe still buys a lot of LNG at higher price from Russia

[@franchetto1453]

very interesting

[@JusticeisBaaghi]

quality video..... ..... Is it available in Hindi ? please

[@donaldharlan3981]

That is Gazprom? I thought it was Lukoil.

[@michaelsnmexico]

Jealousy will get you no where 😂😂

[@BarriosGroupie]

Mind-blowing. On the other hand, I think it's more likely that the stealing of Russian gas in Ukraine was a Ukrainian-Russian operation rather than only Russian. Here in the UK, my father a few decades ago was given a contract providing he gave 10% of the contract to the project manager via 'private consultancy fees'. Great Politicians are social engineers and artists navigating the complex social landscape to get things done.

[@ssir5927]

9:38 I wonder if that's how Czechs felt when Poles and Germans decided to wipe their country from the map...?

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Love the spin 😂 Now Germany is paying 3 times the price and has to be shipped in! Not very green is it!

[@thegreatdane3627]

3 times the price of what? Todays price is lower than before the war.

[@tilapiadave3234]

@@thegreatdane3627 Don't let FACTS disturb his retoric

[@Alexgon21]

If that so can you explain what's going wit German economy this days -0.5 on 2023 last of g7 the pipeline was it heart without its just like any other Mediterranean country@@thegreatdane3627

[@sneakykidugo]

​@@thegreatdane3627 subsidies boy, subsidies

[@captainalex157]

better than no gas at all. If you think russian oil supply is reliable you are naive, the pipilines would never survive with russias aggressive atittude currently.

[@jonasher7183]

This was really really good. Another take and angle of what has happened. I wish it kept going to the change of the energy sector in Europe. How they did it so quickly. How it has affected Europe Germany and Russia. From industry to households and Industry. Well done

[@hasithakumarasiri8343]

😂😂😂😂 DW oh my god.. without russia and putin they will not have to show anything

[@unojayc]

Turning a blind eye, Deutschland!... We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history, Cicero.

[@ifrimvictor]

Seeing Mark Rutte in the end of this video, knowing he's the future NATO general secretary, proves that we will never learn any lesson from this...we're up for a sequel to this documentary.

[@MattMcGuinness]

the whole world needs to see this doc, thankyou DW

[@justinhealey-htcohio3798]

Um, I feel like I've seen this episode before. Is this another fake "New" documentary???

[@theresaadams7143]

Yes. A hit piece after the Tucker interview with Putin 😅

[@d.c.8828]

*[DAMAGE CONTROL]*

[@arbaz79]

This is Part 2

[@Teapode]

Radoslaw Sikorski`s comment is so hillarious and so true 😄 Germany a Russia conspired against Poland for over a 200 years, so that one is just another one on their list.

[@ophthojooeileyecirclehisha4917]

thank you