In the Grip of Gazprom
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The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2023-02-07
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Dirk Laabs
Writer: Dirk Laabs
Spoken language: English, Deutsch, Pусский, Український
Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Original title: In the Grip of Gazprom
Production Companies: Kinescope Film, Spiegel TV, WDR, NDR, ARTE, nordmedia
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Alexander Scheer
Jürgen Hambrecht
Wolfgang Ischinger
Radoslaw Sikorski
Andriy Kobolyev
Angela Stent
Martin Schulz
David L. Goldwin
Matthias Warnig
Margarita M. Balmaceda
Frank Umbach
Jonathan Stern
Alexey Venediktov
Richard Anderson
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